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EcoGeek - Brains for the Earth
A group of entrepreneurs has announced the formation of a new company called Planetary Resources with the goal of collecting valuable, useful minerals from asteroids. "Planetary Resources hopes to go after the platinum-group metals — which include platinum, palladium, osmium, and iridium — highly valuable commodities used in medical devices, renewable energy products, catalytic converters, and potentially in automotive fuel cells." The technology and information about asteroids is not in place for this to be undertaken immediately.
Green design will save the world | Inhabitat
One World Trade Center, whose completion has been consistently delayed, has finally reached 100 stories high.
Planetizen | Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Morgan Clendaniel reports on a Minneapolis artistic intervention, Urban Plant Tags, that call attention to often overlooked amenities in the built environment. Josh Stephens describes the fierce battle raging between Beverly Hills and Metro, the region's transportation authority, over the proposed route of the long-planned westward subway extension.new economics
It's been seven years in the making, but the new Worldchanging book is finally here.