The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “sustainability”

Truth, Beauty, Math and Crocheting
Truth, Beauty, Math and Crocheting

Why your grandmother’s favorite pastime proves mathematicians are a bunch of clueless hacks.

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As Seen On Earth: The Infinite Photograph
As Seen On Earth: The Infinite Photograph

A portrait of Earth painted with 300,000 brushes, or why editorial curation and user-generated content can be friends.

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20 Steps to Sustainable Cities
20 Steps to Sustainable Cities

Why changing our city-dwelling ways is the only way to keep our cities.

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Repurposed Art: The Second Life of Cardboard
Repurposed Art: The Second Life of Cardboard

The alter egos of discarded cardboard, what Edvard Munch has to do with recycling, and the only violin Itzhak Perlman can’t play.

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TED 2009 Highlights: Day 1
TED 2009 Highlights: Day 1

A cultural dialogue on sex, Bill Gates releases more bugs into the world, and lots of caffeine.

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Earth Day The Reel Way
Earth Day The Reel Way

Just how stupid we really are, or what James Earl Jones and a giant humpback whale have in common.

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Sustainable Agriculture: Top 5 Innovation Efforts
Sustainable Agriculture: Top 5 Innovation Efforts

What sheep have to do with high-rises and Obama first oversight.

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Product Design Spotlight: The Little Bottle That Could
Product Design Spotlight: The Little Bottle That Could

Why the key to revolutionary innovation is being completely incompetent.

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TEDify: Ideas Worth Connecting
TEDify: Ideas Worth Connecting

Connecting the cultural dots one 65-second audio-visual experiment at a time.

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The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff

How much a $4.99 radio actually costs and what 7 football fields are doing in the Amazon jungle.

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