Closing the Loop

Photo by Jenny Spadafora

One of the most profound failures of our industrialized society is the way in which our production processes are so entirely linear. While this approach is perhaps “efficient” in the traditional sense (more product, less time, fewer inputs), when we consider the larger costs of production – those [...]

International World Water Day - March 22, 2011

 

This is the first time in human history that most of the world’s population lives in cities: 3.3 billion people …and the urban landscape continues to grow.

38% of the growth is represented by expanding slums, while the city populations are increasing faster than city infrastructure [...]