Category Archives: Environments and Landscapes
The Venus Project: Sustainable Cities
A world of modern design, no hunger, no unemployment, no financial collapse, as visioned by Jacque Fresco in his “The Venus Project”. Very interesting ideas, concepts, and applications.
The Friends Cascade
Australian National Botanical Gardens, Canberra, Australia Capital Territory * Australia The Friends Cascades http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/visiting/exploring/public-art/friends-cascade/index.html A unique cascading water sculpture located near the visitor’s center celebrates and represents the Friends of the ANBG. There are five flowforms that the friends created … Continue reading
UK scientists find lost Darwin fossils – Yahoo! News
UK scientists find ‘lost’ Darwin fossils By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Associated Press – 2 hrs 51 mins ago Email Print RELATED CONTENT This image made available by the Royal Holloway, University of London on Tuesday … This image made available by the Royal Holloway, University of … Continue reading
Planet in sweet spot of Goldilocks zone for life – Yahoo! News
Planet in sweet spot of Goldilocks zone for life – Yahoo! News. (copied via WordPress “Press This” App) By SETH BORENSTEIN | AP – 1 hr 32 mins ago This undated handout artist rendering provided by NASA shows Kepler-22b, a planet … … Continue reading
Great Sand Dunes National Park
The Great Sand Dunes * http://www.nps.gov/grsa/index.htm * One of my favorite parts of Colorado is its great diversity in the ranges of the Rocky Mountains. One of those hotspots of “oddity” is the vast … Continue reading
Thawing permafrost vents gases to worsen warming – Yahoo! News
(Copied/Cross-posted using WordPress “Press This” applet) WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive amounts of greenhouse gases trapped below thawing permafrost will likely seep into the air over the next several decades, accelerating and amplifying global warming, scientists warn. Those heat-trapping gases … Continue reading
Australian Bush
Tidbinbilla Nature reserve*Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * Australian Bush A place of mythic tales, folklore, and legend …. the Australian Bush is a hallmark of its own accord. Coming from the descriptor “The bush”, usually relates to a “rural, … Continue reading