John Thackara
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John Thackara|Essays
From Easter Island to Three Mile Island
You don't need to know how a combustion engine works to drive your car to work. Why should you need to know anything about the programming behind the pixels just to get around the web?
John Thackara|Essays
WeWare [September 2010]
Report on John Chris Jones, cooperative traditions of Finland, a new "green" school in London, changing the weather, The Buckminster Fuller Challenge, and more.
John Thackara|Essays
Could Green Energy Kill the Desert?
Large scale wind power might not be as green as you think.
John Thackara|Essays
From Doomers to Do-ers [July 2010]
Report on peak oil, a way to live longer, a raw materials crisis in green technology, food and finance links, the death of the local food movement, and more.
John Thackara|Essays
Whole, Whole on the Range [June 2010]
Report on the degredation of Earth's grasslands, using mobile devices to help Uganda, lies about food production, composting in London, a new food co-op, and more.
John Thackara|Essays
Whole, Whole on the Range
As a juror on the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, John Thackara reviews the highlight.
John Thackara|Essays
What Should Design Critics Write About?
Address to MFA students in the School of Visual Arts' Design Criticism program, April 30, 2010.
John Thackara|Essays
Requiem For A Species – And For Lunch [April 2010]
Report on farmed meat, transition towns, carbon emissions, economy, 01SJ Biennial, and more.
John Thackara|Essays
Who Will Control Global Urine Flows? [March 2010]
Report on "poor washing," sustainable sewage systems, defence spending, book events in the Netherlands, the Open Green Map iPhone app, and more.
John Thackara|Essays
Line Loss [January 2010]
Report on greener paper, virtual presence, the problem with videoconferencing, Avatar, innovation in France, and more.
John Thackara|Essays
Carrot City: Design’s New Shtick
John Thackara reviews a new book from Monacelli Press which marks the coming of age of urban agriculture: Carrot City: Creating Places for Urban Agriculture.
John Thackara|Essays
Regarding The Pain Of The Planet: A Reader
Do you simply love iPhones, wind turbines, cloud computing, and electric cars? Good, because the following may be of interest.