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Un intero quartiere di Copenhagen riprogettato per adattarsi ai cambiamenti climatici

Un intero quartiere di Copenhagen riprogettato per adattarsi ai cambiamenti climatici | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

Per secoli il concetto di centro abitato ha posto l’uomo e i suoi bisogni al centro, e la natura come contorno, via via modellato – spesso con interventi scriteriati – per assolvere allo scopo.

Un rapporto squilibrato, dove il soggetto pensate – l’uomo – ha di prassi piegato ai suoi voleri l’ambiente esterno.Senza rispetto per le sue regole, i suoi ritmi ed equilibri. Di fronte a colate di asfalto e cemento, boschi rasi al suolo e corsi d’acqua deviati, la natura però non è rimasta a guardare, rispondendo alle “violenze” con catastrofi, disastri ed eventi eccezionali ormai sempre più frequenti.

Eventi dannosi e cambiamenti che hanno tutti i caratteri dicampanelli d’allarme, segnali che la tendenza nei rapporti tra il soggetto pensante e la natura va cambiata. Uno spazio cittadino può essere riprogettato per assecondare le evoluzioni del clima, così per esempio suggeriscono dalla Danimarca.

Nella capitale Copenhagen, le piogge negli ultimi anni sono divenute sempre più abbondanti, diventando un problema  per l’incolumità dei residenti, ed un costo insostenibile per le autorità locali. Per la precisione, i danni causati dal fenomeno hanno richiesto spese di 5 miliardi di corone, quasi un miliardo di euro....


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Moral climate: Beyond science and politics

Moral climate: Beyond science and politics | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Rob Gillies and his team gather data on Nepal’s changing climate for a research project. They log temperatures, raindrops and snow. They pump the numbers into powerful computers and read the trend lines the computers ...
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The urban greenprint: biomimicry applied to a city

The urban greenprint: biomimicry applied to a city | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
How can our cities function like healthy ecosystems?
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Super Resilient DesertSol House by Team Las Vegas Captures the Mojave Desert’s Sun and Soul

Super Resilient DesertSol House by Team Las Vegas Captures the Mojave Desert’s Sun and Soul | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Solar Decathlon Team Las Vegas designed DesertSol - a super resilient solar-powered home in the Mojave Desert
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Did Global Oil Consumption Slow in 2012?

Did Global Oil Consumption Slow in 2012? | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
The failure of the mainstream media to note that it is the growth in oil consumption that fell, and not actual oil consumption -- leaves many with a false impression that perhaps the world is beginning to wean itself off of oil, notes Robert Rapier.
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Top US Electric Car City Could Soon Be… (You’re Never Gonna Guess It)

Top US Electric Car City Could Soon Be… (You’re Never Gonna Guess It) | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

The top electric car city in the US... San Francisco? LA? New York? Portland? What do you think?

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MIT’s Mapdwell Project Tracks Sustainable Development Around the World

MIT’s Mapdwell Project Tracks Sustainable Development Around the World | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
The Mapdwell Project is a collaborative effort by researchers, academics, and professionals at MIT to develop a community resource of research-driven and tested information on sustainable practices.
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From the Sea to the Pump: Is Kelp a Viable Biofuel?

From the Sea to the Pump: Is Kelp a Viable Biofuel? | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Brown kelp macroalgae — the strange, foul-smelling seaweed so often found washed up on the Pacific Northwest’s volcanic sand beaches — could ultimately offer an almost unlimited global supply of commercial-quality ethanol or biomethane.
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IFC Study Says Over 60% of Geothermal Wells Drilled Globally are Successful

IFC Study Says Over 60% of Geothermal Wells Drilled Globally are Successful | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
International Finance Corporation has released a new report called “Success of Geothermal Wells: A global study” with data taken from both public and private sources.
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Toxic radiation in groundwater at Fukushima: operator

Toxic radiation in groundwater at Fukushima: operator | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2013 - Cancer-causing radioactive substances have been found in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said Wednesday, as it pledged to prevent them getting into the sea.
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An innovative material for the green Earth

An innovative material for the green Earth | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 -
Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), S.
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Hong Kong dolphin numbers dwindling quickly

Hong Kong dolphin numbers dwindling quickly | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Hong Kong (AFP) June 18, 2013 - Conservationists Tuesday warned that the number of rare Chinese white dolphins in Hong Kong waters has fallen to its lowest level in a decade of monitoring, and urged the government to immediately create more...
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India monsoon floods leave 120 dead

India monsoon floods leave 120 dead | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Dehradun, India (AFP) June 19, 2013 - Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 120 people,...
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NOAA, partners predict possible record-setting deadzone for Gulf of Mexico

NOAA, partners predict possible record-setting deadzone for Gulf of Mexico | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 -
Scientists are expecting a very large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models.
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The Farmery is a radical vision of what farms and grocery stores can be

The Farmery is a radical vision of what farms and grocery stores can be | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
What if you could grow and sell food in the same place? That is the radical idea behind Ben Greene's The Farmery project. Can this revolutionize our current food transportation system?
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Nuclear Energy Innovation Big and Small Important to Climate Change

Nuclear Energy Innovation Big and Small Important to Climate Change | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
There is substantial opportunity to incorporate next-generation nuclear energy — through either large, advanced reactors or emerging SMR designs or both — more significantly into a productive strategy for reducing carbon emissions in the long and...
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Examining the Results of the California Solar Energy Initiative | The Energy Collective

Examining the Results of the California Solar Energy Initiative | The Energy Collective | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Nearly all the money has been spent, and the California Solar Initiative is winding down. The direct CSI subsidy for installing PV panels on your house, which started at $2.50 per watt is now just $0.20 per watt.
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Nuclear Power In India Faces Progress and Risks | The Energy Collective

Nuclear Power In India Faces Progress and Risks | The Energy Collective | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
The Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has finally begun operations following a landmark Supreme Court of India ruling approving the project.
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Including All the Benefits in Cost-Benefit Analyses of Solar | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com

Including All the Benefits in Cost-Benefit Analyses of Solar | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
When it comes to evaluating our energy options, policymakers typically perform cost-benefit analyses. That seems pretty uncontroversial, right? Where it gets
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Forecast: Cost Of PV Panels To Drop To $0.36/Watt By 2017

Forecast: Cost Of PV Panels To Drop To $0.36/Watt By 2017 | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
The cost of photovoltaic solar panels is expected to drop another 36 cents per watt by 2017, according to new research by cleantech market research firm GTM Research.

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Repowering Gives New Life to Old Wind Sites

Repowering Gives New Life to Old Wind Sites | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
By 2020, swapping aging wind turbines with more powerful modern units will have raised annual electricity generation at refurbished sites from 1524 GWh to 8221 GWh.
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Poland may delay launch of nuclear plants: PM

Poland may delay launch of nuclear plants: PM | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Warsaw (AFP) June 18, 2013 - Poland could delay building its first nuclear power plants as natural gas, including shale gas, becomes less costly, the prime minister of the central European heavyweight said Tuesday.
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Eltek THEIA HE Enhanced Performance Solar Inverters and New Solar Energy Storage System

Eltek THEIA HE Enhanced Performance Solar Inverters and New Solar Energy Storage System | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 - Eltek, the world leader in high efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications and renewable energy projects, announced it will showcase its new THEIA HE-es system and upda...
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WWF urges Romania, Bulgaria to protect wild sturgeon

WWF urges Romania, Bulgaria to protect wild sturgeon | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Bucharest (AFP) June 18, 2013 - Conservationist group WWF on Tuesday urged Romania and Bulgaria, home to the last viable wild sturgeon populations in the European Union, to protect the species, threatened by illegal fishing and caviar trade.
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World Bank warns global warming woes closing in

World Bank warns global warming woes closing in | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Washington (AFP) June 19, 2013 - The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia.
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Jet stream changes cause climatically exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet melt

Jet stream changes cause climatically exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet melt | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Sheffield, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2013 -
Research from the University of Sheffield has shown that unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in summer 2012.
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Britain 'faces decade of bad weather'

Britain 'faces decade of bad weather' | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
London (AFP) June 19, 2013 - Britain was set to enjoy its hottest day of the year so far on Wednesday but woke up to the gloomy news that it could be in the middle of a decade-long bad weather cycle.
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