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Reads tagged with “sustainability”

Designers on Top: MoMA’s Paola Antonelli on the Evolution of Design
Designers on Top: MoMA’s Paola Antonelli on the Evolution of Design

The quest for elegance and empowerment, or how design went from process to authorship.

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Plink Plink! Celebrate World Water Day with Vintage Children’s Illustrations circa 1954
Plink Plink! Celebrate World Water Day with Vintage Children’s Illustrations circa 1954

A marvelous mid-century homage to Earth’s lifeblood.

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How the Dutch Got Their Bike Paths
How the Dutch Got Their Bike Paths

What The Netherlands can teach us about child safety and mass protests as effective policy-benders.

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Meat the Future: An Animated Case for In-Vitro Meat
Meat the Future: An Animated Case for In-Vitro Meat

Petri dish to plate, or how to feed the world of 7 billion without starving the planet.

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All Nothing: Poetic 1978 Animated Allegory about Mankind’s Greed
All Nothing: Poetic 1978 Animated Allegory about Mankind’s Greed

Frédéric Back’s beautiful short film about harmony and the tragic entitlement of our species.

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The Gnomes of Gnù: Umberto Eco Teaches Kids About Ecology Through Abstract Art
The Gnomes of Gnù: Umberto Eco Teaches Kids About Ecology Through Abstract Art

A beautiful allegory about ecological collapse and salvation.

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The Hidden Beauty of Pollination
The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

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Introducing the Regifting API: Free Tools to Destigmatize Regifting
Introducing the Regifting API: Free Tools to Destigmatize Regifting

How to give and receive with honesty, love, and no guilt.

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The Holstee LifeCycle Film: Visual Poetry for Bike-Lovers and Creators
The Holstee LifeCycle Film: Visual Poetry for Bike-Lovers and Creators

“Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them.”

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Breathtaking Photographs of Sea Creatures by Mark Laita
Breathtaking Photographs of Sea Creatures by Mark Laita

From stunning stingrays to jubilant jellyfish, or what cutting-edge technology has to do with Earth’s whimsy.

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