In preparation for Florida’s 500th anniversary next spring, Florida International University (FIU) College of Architecture + The Arts’ Office of Engaged Creativity launched a participatory art, nature and history project at the 2012 Arte Americas Latin American Art Fair. Created by the director and artist-in-residence of the Office of Engaged Creativity, Xavier Cortada, FLOR500 will [...]

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     Transportation…Adventure…Reflection…Home…Recreation…Sustenance Water is the driving force of all nature. Leonardo da Vinci  Photos courtesy of Sheila Hall, Eva Mossberg and Penelope Davis Tweet

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Rutgers University Press Release The yet unnamed amphibian is believed to have lived among us for a century without being recognized. In New York City – in the midst of some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers – and within view of the Statue of Liberty, scientists have found a new frog species. While discovering new species [...]

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Wheelz is a peer-to-peer car sharing plan aimed at students on campus. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Wheelz is the first car sharing platform designed specifically to meet the needs of campus communities – connecting students with cars to students who need them. Offering instant sign up, easy set up for car owners and the [...]

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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s Tiny House will open its normal-sized door to the public for the first time March 5 to 10 so visitors can feel what it might be like to live life small. Very small. “We designed the house with the motto that the greenest square foot is the one you don’t [...]

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Water scarcity impacts at least 2.7 billion people in 201 river basins for at least one month each year, according to a new report published in the online journal PLoS ONE from the Public Library of Science. “Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability”,  analyzed 405 river basins around the world, [...]

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The shipment of e-waste from developed to developing countries, was prohibited in 1989 by the Basel Convention, but has not been ratified by Afghanistan, Haiti or the United States (the largest global producer of e-waste.) This rapidly expanding uncontrolled waste stream has major effects on developing states such as China and Nigeria.  Christine Cutting DISRES [...]

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Fractals are geometric patterns that can be reduced to smaller and smaller parts, each one a perfect (although reduced) copy of the whole; they are infinitely complex and all around us. Fractals have a unique property known as self-similarity. This can be seen in the most basic and obvious fractal: a tree. The patterns of [...]

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I have recently developed a burning desire to get more in touch with the California terrestrial landscape and learn how to work with soil – in particular to grow organically and clean up food systems. To fulfill that desire, I spent time at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) in the beginning of September [...]

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American University’s School of Communication, Center for Environmental Filmmaking is offering students a one-week alternative spring break program on the Chesapeake Bay to introduce them to the challenges and fun of environmental filmmaking – Classroom in the Wild: Chesapeake Bay. The program will take place March 11-17, 2012, and is limited to 12 students – [...]

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