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Author: Volume
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 [...]
Author: Volume
Join the Neolithic Revolution!
[Via: The Poetics of Cyberspace]
EDIT: Comic strip by David Steinlicht. Here’s an interesting comment on Next Nature
Author: Volume
Yesterday, the Italian newspaper il manifesto published two very different opinions on the Venice Biennale.
The first is an enthusiastic article by Lucia Tozzi, pointing out the freshness of the young architects involved in the exhibition
… the architects selected by Emiliano Gandolfi [the curator of the Italian Pavilion exhibition] question security policies, land property, comunication [...]



Sustainability according to Volume:
After Zero is not about design inspired by the fear of tsunamis or Katrinas, but proposes an understanding of our society beyond zero.