Norman Foster: Building on the green agenda

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Apr 262008
 

High tech, high profile design presentation at TED

I’ve posted some commentary below from the TED post (linked above) on the flavour packed question that arises when discussing celebrity architects and architecture. I would add that building and design for the less priviledged is another arena addressed by different designers, technologies, organizations and plain old folks in the field of life, some of which you will find here in the links and under the green / eco / design category.

Jared Carlson – June 10 2008

How does Norman Foster’s green agenda relate to the homeless or those in poverty? Money is needed to build and enjoy this green agenda, but there are those who do not have that money. Will this agenda only be for that class that can afford it and no one else? These and other question must be looked at or Norman Foster is just another dreamer with a grand plan for himself and no other..

Denisse Prado – June 27 2008

Jared – dreams are good if you dont dream then u gave up. in terms of poverty, well everything is relative and new technology its always down the block from us. If something is not affordable now, at one point it will. to answer your question yes, a person w/o money might not be able to enjoy his own “green” home, but this is this is when he talks about “green agenda,” buildings being part of nature; then your homeless person will not be enjoying it in a micro aspect but on the macro aspect.

Lets built on a green agenda !.

Philip Bussey – July 3 2008

One of the major ideas behind the ‘green’ movement is that it decentralizes energy production to a more local level. In theory this will create more jobs and money for emerging economies..

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Obamalamadingdong

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Feb 112008
 

OK, so we know that Obama is perhaps a media darling, and may be somewhat of a whore to the whole military-industrial /corporate purse string complex like all the others (excluding Ron Paul and a few other unusual, unlikely suspects)- but we think at least he actually cares enough to attempt to initiate change for the good (unlike Bush et al who are perfectly happy to just wage war cos it’s damned good business.) And besides, Obama sure talks purdy. (we won’t mention that shit fer brains puppet president again)
And so, to me, this video represents the voice and hope of ‘the people’ – and sure, that includes me, so long as we’re imagining this failed system could actually function.

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Psychedelic Science

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Feb 082008
 

BBC’s Horizon documentary on the evolutionary use of psychedelic drugs in medicine can now be viewed courtesy of google video here, bless them.
… talks to the new generation of researchers looking at compounds such as ayahuasca, ibogaine, ketamine and lsd. Interesting.

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the poetess

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Nov 222007
 

click play button to hear this poem:

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as I begin to read your poems
their power enters my body.
Your faithful, deep feeling words
slip through my unsuspecting skin.
I feel them enter my bruisey heart
as air enters my lungs.
there is an affinity.

I dive into the pool.
it takes me a dreamworld moment to orient my self there.
Underwater, time and the senses seem to unfold
I emerge splashing, back into the surface world.
Breathe.

and I understand your first lesson:
though I want to expand my vision and aspire
to carry myself and you
to the farthest horizons.
I miss the point.

I read your poems. I listen.
I feel your pain.
aloneness.
and I know that they are my own
and I understand that your voice speaks
not only to me,
but to anyone
who cares
to listen

So I begin to write in the first person
to listen to the voices in my heart
and know that this
is where transformation
begins.

Anton07

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Zeitgeist

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Oct 012007
 

“Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as though nothing happened” ~ Winston Churchill

Paranoid of conspiracy theories? Can’t see the wood for the trees? Try this perspective out for size, never underestimating the power of denial and the investment in ones belief system…

The film Zeitgeist is an intriguing, fast paced, hard hitting documentary looking at the hegemony of our beloved leaders. Interestingly it’s a feature length not for profit production viewable, broadly distributed and “viral” on the internet.

Being clear about gnosticism, spirituality and comparative belief systems (PtI); and being clear about the motives of the political mind, corporate mind(lessness) and power driven elitism(PtII&III), but the idea that 911 was an inside job still leaves me somewhat incredulous, if by the brazen audacity of the supposed act – and yet arms dealers and associated interests are VERY serious motherfuckers.

This film may represent a collection of truths and anomalies, or it may be straight down the line. Either way, enough of it rings true and fits with the rest of global dissonance and historical subterfuge to warrant serious attention. And ultimately, the conclusion of this work remains irrefutably sublime.

Follow above link or see it via google here

MORE IMPORTANTLY, CONSIDER THIS:

“There comes a time, for all that is harmful, to leave…”

The solution to the imbalance is burgeoning in the global evolution of consciousness – seriously! Hit the play button below to hear about the largest movement on Earth…

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