Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’

Author: Volume

Did you know that the term Sustainability first appeared in a German forestry manual in the 1700s?
Did you know that some people feel paranoid about an alleged conspiracy plan of world domination behind global warming?
What did French philosophers in the Seventies think about ecology?
Discover all the different attitudes of humans towards Nature throughout history. [...]

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 [...]

Author: Volume
The Dutch Pavilion site has published tons of data on the results of the working sessions held during the Biennale’s opening days.
Check the videos of the Round Table Discussions and the Speed Date Marathon. Also pdf versions of The Book are available (alas, only printer friendly versions)