The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements will draw on business, government and academic leaders, as well as advocacy groups, to create a plan to replace Kyoto, according to a statement today by the school. Bloomberg View full entry
As the ancient art of Urdu calligraphy dies, a handwritten daily paper in India, The Musalman , faces a digital future. Wired View full entry
We mostly take for granted the spaces we live and work in, but as much as we make them our own, they put their stamp on us; they shape how we operate in the world. Curator Dina Deitsch deconstructs architecture's meanings in "(un)Building," a spotty group show at the Boston Center for the Arts... View full entry
“The IPCC[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] is keen to disassociate itself from the idea that it is telling us what to do, emphasising that its work is ‘policy relevant’ not ‘policy prescriptive’. However, its infamous consensus-based approach seems geared... View full entry
If you've ever needed to use a highway rest stop, you know they can house dirty toilets and run-down facilities. But that's not the case at one Interstate 75 rest stop in rural Kentucky. It has become so popular that motorists go out of their way to stop and take a break. all things considered View full entry
An impressive exhibition of Modernist objects, and a missed opportunity to say something about Modernism, at the Corcoran Gallery. slide show essay @ Slate View full entry
High School Presidential Scholars Deliver Bush a Message on Human Rights... right into Mr. Bush's hand. dem now View full entry
The North American premiere of 77 Million Paintings was presented by San Francisco's Long Now Foundation, an art collective established to pursue projects promoting a "slower and better" world view. The show is one of Eno's "generative" works. He loads his images and sounds onto a computer, which... View full entry
Talk of monetary union and wine quotas has given way to controversy over orgasms and innuendo at the European Commission as it defends a risque Internet video clip highlighting its backing for European cinema. cnn/ watch the eu cinema campaign risque clip View full entry
In the first known case of virtual copyright, a man is suing another for copying and then selling a piece of furniture that does not exist in the real world. Times View full entry
Twenty years after Allan Bloom’s notorious assault on relativism in academia, a similarly incendiary treatise is now aimed squarely at the alleged moral decadence of our virtual life. “…as Mr. Keen points out, the idea of objectivity is becoming increasingly passé in the... View full entry
McDonald's puts oil to green use McDonald's is to convert all its UK delivery vehicles to run on biodiesel, using the firm's supply of cooking oil. BBCSewage to provide green fuel The waste left after sewage is treated is to be used as green energy for Northumbria Water's biggest plant. BBC... View full entry
going , going again. But there is a better buy. View full entry
The composer Joseph Bertolozzi uses mallets and dowels to try out sounds on the Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge. He’s writing a suite titled “Bridge Music.” | nytimes (w/ video) View full entry
Another week of Archinect's engaging discussions;editing Wikipedia Archinect editor Quilian Riano launches a Wiki project. Join the effort and discussion about improving the existing Wikipedia page on 'Architecture.' ~~~Green Thread Central Say, you want to start from a 'green' slate... View full entry