Lifeboat Foundation

Strains of algae and fungi that produce their own oil could cut costs and increase productivity for biofuels of the future.

Throughout history, our species have come against great challenges which ultimately determined whether we survived or not. So far, we’ve made it to nearly the start of the third decade of the 21st century. And yet, even greater challenges stand before us today, forcing us, once again, to fight for our very existence.

Grand challenges stand before us that will ultimately determine whether we, as a species, will survive. With the help of science and technology, there may just be hope yet!

We cannot escape our subjectivity when we try to solve the riddle of ourselves.

• By John Horgan on October 1, 2018
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Zero state reboot ~ amon twyman

The Zero State (ZS) community and movement was officially founded with the release of the Social Futurist Principles on 1st May 12011. It started energetically, but soon encountered a problem common across the internet, which we will briefly examine below. That problem led to a fallow period, and subsequent “reboot” announced at the end of December 12017.

The ZS reboot was intended to span this year (12018), and this article series aims to identify some key ideas related to that process, with a particular emphasis on our transition from theory to action. This is the last article series clarifying ZS ideas that I will be posting for the foreseeable future, so I can focus on developing our events, releases, and project teams.

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=QjaQdOXPJHU

Rather stupid title (as so often), but interesting article nevertheless…

And it’s quite a filter. Our analysis of advertising images of bacteria from 1848 to the present day finds four broad conventions. Understanding these conventions shows how our relationship with this essential dimension of earth’s biome is subject to the aims and desires of the manufacturers of cleaning products.

Continue reading “How capitalism ruined our relationship with bacteria” »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX1PiRyIOis

Today’s hottest solar tech is all about supporting old-fashioned silicon panels.

Google’s Wear OS smartwatches recently got a software update, but is it enough? In this video, Dieter Bohn examines what the company needs to do to stay competitive with the Apple Watch.