Vandana Shiva on Mechanistic Science vs Indigenous Knowledge
https://vimeo.com/103764529
-Good example of the neem tree in India
What is indigenous knowledge?
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/basic.htm
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Nature and popular cutlure
"One of the paradoxes of the modern age and popular culture seems to be the more we cluster in cities and suburbs, the greater our impact on open areas; we carry our popular culture with us when we vacation in such regions..."
"Popular culture is less directly tied to the physical environment than are [local] and indigenous cultures, which is not to say that they don't have an enormous impact on the environment... Gone is the intimate assocation between people and land known by our folk ancestors. Gone, too, is our direct vulnerability to many environmental forces, although this security is more apparent than real."
-From the Human Mosaic 12th edition p. 55
When fewer people live near or in open areas like national parks the day-to-day incentive to be stewards of the natural landscape goes down. Parks are sometimes treated as something distant "over there" ex. four hours drive away that we pay to consume/use/visit once in a while, sort of like food, a toy, or entertainment, rather than a living physical space we co-inhabit.
"Popular culture is less directly tied to the physical environment than are [local] and indigenous cultures, which is not to say that they don't have an enormous impact on the environment... Gone is the intimate assocation between people and land known by our folk ancestors. Gone, too, is our direct vulnerability to many environmental forces, although this security is more apparent than real."
-From the Human Mosaic 12th edition p. 55
When fewer people live near or in open areas like national parks the day-to-day incentive to be stewards of the natural landscape goes down. Parks are sometimes treated as something distant "over there" ex. four hours drive away that we pay to consume/use/visit once in a while, sort of like food, a toy, or entertainment, rather than a living physical space we co-inhabit.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Good explanation of state capitalism in Asia
Ian Bremmer: State Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fn33n4Csi0
"In state capitalism the state is the referee and one of the teams is stacked with the refs friends and family and they only bother to tell that team what the rules are... and that is a rather different game than the one we're used to playing in the internatinal economy."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fn33n4Csi0
"In state capitalism the state is the referee and one of the teams is stacked with the refs friends and family and they only bother to tell that team what the rules are... and that is a rather different game than the one we're used to playing in the internatinal economy."
Amur River the Russia-China border
The Amur's siren song
http://www.economist.com/node/15108641
Interesting history of dreams, aspirations and conflicts on the Amur River which forms the majority of the Russia-China border
http://www.economist.com/node/15108641
Interesting history of dreams, aspirations and conflicts on the Amur River which forms the majority of the Russia-China border
Good video on Mekong Delta human-environment changes
Mekong Delta - Dzap Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnf5kAKywLo
Fast-pace video discusses the effects of upstream activities and climate change on the Mekong Delta and the millions of people who live there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnf5kAKywLo
Fast-pace video discusses the effects of upstream activities and climate change on the Mekong Delta and the millions of people who live there.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Ankgor Wat digital reconstruction
Ankgor Wat is one of the world's great buildings along with the Taj Mahal in India, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, St. Basil's in Moscow, St. Peter's in the Vatican, etc.
It is massive Hindu/Buddhist temple in Cambodia that also appears on the Cambodian flag.
This video shows what the crumbling buliding really might have looked like when it was an active center of the Khmer Kingdom.
Digital reconstruction of Angkor Wat
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/a-digital-reconstruction-of-angkor-wat/20077
It is massive Hindu/Buddhist temple in Cambodia that also appears on the Cambodian flag.
This video shows what the crumbling buliding really might have looked like when it was an active center of the Khmer Kingdom.
Digital reconstruction of Angkor Wat
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/a-digital-reconstruction-of-angkor-wat/20077
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Bajau ocean nomads
Bajau ocean nomads of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo
Bajau - BBC Human Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_FUlHngPqQ
Live their lives mostly at sea
Bajau - BBC Human Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_FUlHngPqQ
Live their lives mostly at sea
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