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Discussion. 'The ArduSat is currently a 1U CubeSat form factor satellite that contains a bank of Arduino Nano boards (ATMega processors), cameras, at least 25 sensors, UHF transmitter, and a flight computer. The satellite can be controlled using magnetotorquers to push against Earth’s magnetic field. When the sun is visible, it’s powered ...
= The BioWeatherMap Initiative is an experiment in collaborative environmental surveillance and discovery. The BioWeatherMap Initiative aims to become a platform to enable distributed environmental sensing capabilities, with major impacts in Biodiversity, Public
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1. "Relocalization is a strategy to build societies based on the local production of food, energy and goods, and the local development of currency, governance and culture. The main goals of relocalization are to increase community energy security, to strengthen local economies, and to improve environmental conditions and social equity. The relocali...
The historical example of the Middle Ages
John Michael Greer: "That relocalization needs to happen, and will happen, is clear. Among other things, it’s clear from history; when complex societies overshoot their resource bases and decline, one of the things that consistently happens is that centralized economic arrangements fall apart, long distance trade declines sharply, and the vast majority of what we now call consumer goods get made at home, or very close to home. Now of course that violates some of the conventional wisdom that g...
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1. Pioneer Valley Relocalization Project
How relocalization is linked to global open design
Dave Sohigian: "This is where the intersection of globalization and relocalization comes in. To make a truly local bike, we would have to consider using other raw materials that are local. For example, we have lots of trees around here. And we even have a local manufacturer making bikes out of wood (Bike Portland has a great article on the company). Are there alternative materials for other parts of the bike as well? I have no idea, but I certainly think it is possible. That’s the relocalizat...
Localization: A Global Manifesto. Colin Hines. Earthscan, 2000Localization Papers Relocalization at Post Carbon Institute “Localization may describe production of goods nearer to end users to reduce environmental and other external costs of globalization.”(http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/steve_bosserman/2007/07/06/the_case_for_localization.htm)
STONELEIGH: "The thermodynamics of empire is an underlying theme in Homer-Dixon’s discourse, particularly in relation to ancient Rome, although parallels are drawn with the present day. Homer-Dixon has a talent for vividly illustrating his descriptions of Rome’s dominance and subsequent decline with examples from his own travels and ...
2010年3月7日 · Apomediation theory conceptualizes that “apomediaries” (which includes Web 2.0 approaches) can partly take over the role of the intermediary and “push” or “guide” users to relevant and accurate information. The Web 2.0 environment is essentially an “apomediated environment”, with all the issues affecting related to apomediation ...
Description. Chris Dew : "Aggregate energy efficiency is the “ratio of useful to potential physical work that can be extracted from materials.”. - “During the period from 1900 to 1980 in the United States, aggregate energy efficiency…steadily rose along with the development of the nation’s infrastructure, from 2.48 percent to 12.3 ...
