The Sustainability Witch-hunt

October 15, 2008 in statement
Tags: good artist copy great artists steal, ideology, recycling is an ecological practice, sustainability

Author: Volume
A statement*
VOLUME has decided not to bring a positive contribution to the Sustainability debate.
VOLUME believes that too many matters, and essential ones, are not voiced in this debate, as regards the social and political status of Design, as regards the ideological functions and the mythology of environment.
In these circumstances, any participation could not but [...]

Two or three things we understood about ecology

September 18, 2008 in statement
Tags: barry commoner, ecology, engineering, geo-engineering, gmo, john bellamy foster, nature, permaculture, slavoj zizek

Author: Volume
Nature doesn’t exist, and it’s a product of our thought. Or, our thought is shaped by nature, as we are embedded in it. In each case, ecology is not anymore an ecology of nature, but it is an ecology of everything: environment, mind, society.
Human activities can be described with ecological models, and human activities [...]

All you always wanted to know about sustainability (but were afraid to ask)

September 11, 2008 in statement
Tags: biofuels, china, ecologic footprint, emirates, global warming, gmo, suv, toyota prius, vegetarian

Author: Volume
You care for the environment. You try to use less your car, and you buy your food from local farmers market. You keep your ecological footprint under control, and become vegetarian. You regard yourself as a progressive, leftist one.
You read lots of newspapers, and the internet. Suddenly you discover that GMOs and nuclear energy [...]