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MDI has also developed the technology to build so-called "EcoShells". These are simple structures to provide for the basic needs of a family. They are designed specifically to answer the needs of shelterless people worldwide. They are strong structures that can withstand natural disasters, fire, termites and rot. In underdeveloped areas with hot climates, EcoShells make affordable, low maintenance, sturdy housing. In industrialized nations, EcoShells make superior workshops, garages, storage sheds, etc.
Open source 3D printers, such as the Rep Rap, are being used to create open source appropriate technologies such as the DremelFuge.
Feb 15 UK Climate news: Climate strike: UK school pupils take part in call for urgent action [1]
Feb 12 Environment quality news: Environment in multiple crises - report [2]
Feb 12 Porto Alegre: Public platform giving citizens decision-making power over their water utilities
Feb 10 Biodiversity news: Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' [3]
Feb 8 Finland's result on its UBI experiment: people don't shirk work. And it increases trust, health and wellbeing. [4] UBI experiment to start in Scotland.
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Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. In the developed world, industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture has become the dominant system of modern farming, although there is growing support for sustainable agriculture (e.g. permaculture or organic agriculture). Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment. It has been defined as "an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will last over the long term: satisfy human food and fiber needs; make the most efficient use of non-renewable resources and on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate, natural biological cycles and controls; sustain the economic viability of farm operations; and enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole.” |
Engineering 308 (Engr 308), Technology and the Environment, is a course taught at Humboldt State University, currently by instructor Lonny Grafman.
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