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Originally a wacko, hippy-esque ideology, ‘sustainability’ – aka ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘green’ – has now become globally accepted. But as what – an environmental urgency, a political issue, a technical problem, a historic destiny, a new world order? And what are the consequences of this acceptance? The sustainability consensus is dangerous since the concept has no political content and can be used for any cause. Carbon neutrality and zero emissions are like magic formulas, cover-ups for complicated ethical questions about the inequalities in our societies.Yet striving for zeros or hiding in neutrality does not lead to a better life in a more desirable house in a superior city for everyone.After Zero is not about design inspired by the fear of tsunamis or Katrinas. Volume proposes an understanding of our society beyond zero. To kick off we discuss two perspectives: sustainability in a post-capitalist city and the potential of urban agriculture.


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2Editorial

Oosterman, Arjen
4Sustainable is Good, Sustainable Luxury is Better

Catsaros, Christophe
6Beyond Zero

Fernández, John E.
14Counter-Histories of Sustainability

Pyla, Panayiota
18The Enterprising Civil Engineer InterviewwithPeterBlom

Geuze, Adriaan
24Destroyed Japanese Welfare

Genso, Tokyo
26Get the Balance Right!

Wall, Ronald Sean
33The Complex History of Sustainability

Djalali, Amir with Piet Vollaard
42Censorship Today

Žižek, Slavoj
56Down from the Stand

Boeri, Stefano
59Food not Bombs

Nouwens, Monica
68Population Thinking in an Age of Bio-Politics

Trummer, Peter
72Yes We Can... Up to a Point

Roberts, John
76Back to the Future: the Edo Biosphere

Daniell, Thomas
80Pig Story

Meindertsma, Christien
84Oil Story

Russell, Harriet
88Prison Break in a Ruined Tower

Ricuperati, Gianluigi
92Tagging Cloud

Butcher, Clare and Joost Janmaat
94Detroit Unreal Estate Agency

Herscher, Andrew
98Glossarial Comments on the Post-Capitalist City

Roddier, Mireille
100Survival Strategies and Community Building in Post-Capitalism

Potrc, Marjetica
112Investing in the Quality of Live

Blom, Peter
116Aesthetics of Catastrophe

Mayer, Aric
120Disruptive Innovation

Seebode, Dorothea
122Untying Cradle to Cradle

Griffioen, Aetzel
126DIY 2.0

Lassiter, Sherry
132Cultured and Landscaped Urban Agriculture

Solomon, Debra
138Metropolitan Agriculture and Global Food Problem

Buijs, Steef
140Continuous Productive Urban Landscape

Bohn, Katrin and Andre Viljoen
146Food and the Randstad Metropolis

Van Bergen Kolpa Architects
150Loisaida Gardens

Pasquali, Michela
154Sustainability in Practice

Lord, Erika Jacobs
160Vanitas. Venice Biennale 2008

Stanton, Michael
+Green Architecture Guide

Brennen, Andrea and Zachary Lamb
+Toward a Territorial Agency: a Case for the Markermeer

Palmesino, John and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog
13Next Nature

Mensvoort, Koert van

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