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The 12th Venice International Architecture Exhibition is opening (preview on August 26, 27 and 28, 2010) and Earth Overshoot Day is past (August 21st). It would be interesting to ask every architect we'll meet among the pavilions: "What is the footprint of your buildings?". And to us: "What are we doing about our personal footprint?". Take the quiz..  

 

txt: August 21 is Earth Overshoot Day - www.footprintnetwork.org

 

August 21st marks an unfortunate milestone: the day in which we exhaust our ecological budget for the year. Once we pass this day, humanity will have demanded all the ecological services – from filtering CO2 to producing the raw materials for food – that nature can provide this year. From that point until the end of the year, we meet our ecological demand by liquidating resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What is Earth Overshoot Day? Every year, Global Footprint Network calculates nature's supply in the form of biocapacity, the amount of resources the planet generates, and compares that to human demand: the amount it takes to produce all the living resources we consume and absorb our carbon dioxide emissions. Earth Overshoot Day, a concept devised by U.K.-based new economics foundation, marks the day when demand on ecological services begins to exceed the renewable supply.

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Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:41:13 -0800 A green New Deal for Venice (and not only) http://oddtag.posterous.com/a-green-new-deal-for-venice-and-not-only http://oddtag.posterous.com/a-green-new-deal-for-venice-and-not-only txt: Per un'economia verde in una città ecologica / For a green economy in an ecological town - University Ca' Foscari Venezia
E' tempo che Venezia, da “vittima eccellente” del surriscaldamento globale, si candidi ad essere la Capitale, europea e mondiale, della lotta ai cambiamenti climatici, a partire dalla radicale conversione ecologica dell’economia locale e della stessa organizzazione della sua vita metropolitana, imperniata sul ricorso a fonti energetiche rinnovabili e ad una mobilità sostenibile. [en] It's time that Venice instead of a global warming "casualty", became an european and global capital of the fight against climate changes, starting from an ecological radical conversion of the local economy and the organization of its urban life, focused on renewable energies and sustainable mobility.
links: - A Green New Deal for Europe - Towards Green Modernization in the face of Crisis - Green European Foundation - Wuppertal Institute

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Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:53:41 -0800 The sea vs. Venice http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-sea-vs-venice http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-sea-vs-venice video: The 11th Hour
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this captivating documentary explores the perilous state of our planet, and the means by which we can change our course. Contributing to this crucial film are noted politicians, scientists and other ambassadors for the importance of a universal ecological consciousness. The 11th Hour is directed by Nadia Connors and Leila Conners Peterson and features narration from Academy Award Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio
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