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Feb 2015 20

Technature

By Mitch Mignano | Cultural Studies Sustainability & Ecology | 1 min read

What is the ‘nature’ of technology?

While some people think that nature and technology are in fundamental opposition, and others rest in the assumption that all that is must be natural simply for having come into being, Synergetic Press author Christian Schwägerl explores the implications of "bioadaptation" as a symbiotic interweaving of technology and biospsheric systems...

Feb 2015 16

Book Launch at the Derby Library, Wednesday February 27 at 7pm

By Synergetic Press | Releases & Announcements | 1 min read

Feb 2015 12

From the Archive: R. Buckminster Fuller at the 1982 Galactic Conference

By Mitch Mignano | Sustainability & Ecology | 1 min read

... Fuller’s being-challenging technique in speechmaking consisted in starting anew on his comprehensive thought at every major talk to see if he would come to the same conclusions and, if not, adopt the new position that had evolved.

Feb 2015 12

2015: International Year of The Soils

By Synergetic Press | Sustainability & Ecology | 4 min read

". . . you can spread the word that 'Saving the Soil in 2015' is not a merely a holistic metaphor; our soil is dying, and we will soon go with it, if we don’t act.” - Dr. Ralph Metzner

Feb 2015 4

Next Generation Ecologists – Hayley Todesco

By Synergetic Press | Cultural Studies Sustainability & Ecology | 1 min read

... as a student, Todesco was inspired to address environmental issues through her science fair projects and, in her most recent experiment, went far beyond the paper maché volcano. In fact, she developed a system to filter toxic tailings created when mining for bitumen in tar sands, allowing these toxic acids to decompose fourteen times faster than they would otherwise.