American scientists are busy building the “world’s first sustainable fusion reactor” by creating a miniature star on Earth. Their project at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, which costs 3.5 billion dollars, could mean a breakthrough in the development of safe renewable energy of the future. According to the plans, a workable fusion reaction should [...]

This is the first of the FWD series, which summarizes hand picked content I find elsewhere on the web and would like to share with you. from the In the Shadow of Progress a picture show on the GOOD website. The stark reality of this moment in time is that many people are losing their [...]

Too good, not to share. A beautifully crafted animated infographic clearly making the point in favor of eating local produce, and illustrating the consequences of our globalized food industry. The video was produced by Canadian food movement mayonnaise brand: Hellmann’s Hellman’s – It’s Time for Real from CRUSH on Vimeo. via information aesthetics

Review of the Foodprint Symposium

Largely hidden from the view of the city dweller, a worldwide network of food producers and supermarket chains takes care of our supply of daily food. This is very convenient, but it is also the cause of many problems. A handful of distributors decides what we eat. For the most part the people who produce [...]