Wind Knitting Factory
I’d love to go on a treasure hunt with Dutch designer Merel Karhof through the backstreets and cul-de-sacs of London
Europe
Aeolien Harps and Wave Organs
Ever since I interviewed the artist Bill Fontana for my recent post on renewable energy soundscapes, I have discovered a
Designed by Sapiens, Powered by Wind
I was invited by the European Cultural Centre to participate in its TIME SPACE EXISTENCE exhibit in Venice, one of
Renewable Energy Soundscapes
This is an exciting time to be alive: we are living witnesses to the third energy revolution. The first energy
Museo della Bora
A quick Internet search for the world’s windiest cities suggests that Wellington, New Zealand, is the most tempestuous: its average
The Making of “Concert Climat:” A Tale of Words and Music
Revelations don’t come very often, but when they do your head is never quite the same. In the fall of 2014, a revelation came to me in the form of Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything. It confirmed what I suspected to be true about climate change, which is that no attempt to deal with it can succeed without challenging the economic system that created the problem and brought us to where we are today. Science, politics, economics, culture all had to be considered at once if there were any hope of confronting this potential apocalyse. Her thesis is logically and brilliantly argued, and a pleasure to read. It reminded me of two other books, among many I’ve read over the past decade, which are revelations in their own right. Whereas Ms Klein’s book considers climate change through an economic and political lens, Bill McKibben’s Eaarth examines it from a cultural orientation, and Dr James Hansen’s Storms of My Grandchildren
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