http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/saving-hermit-crabs-by-merging-art-and-ecoactivism.html Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:10:56 +0000 A digital design company is making shells to help hermit crabs - but why is there a shortage of shells?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/springwise-plantable-raincoat-made-from-potatoes-and-laden-with-seeds.html Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:28:50 +0000 Equilicuá’s Spud Raincoat is fully biodegradable, compostable and suitable for planting.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/chinas-green-economist-stirring-a-shift-away-from-gdp-headlines.html Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:00:01 +0000 Niu Wenyuan's 'quality index' measures the economy not just by size, but by sustainability, social equality and ecological impact.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/wmmna-garden-art-installation-asks-whos-the-invasive-alien-species-us-or-them.html Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:26:38 +0000 Theater artist Kris Verdonck, transforms the first floor of the Z33 art space in Hasselt, Belgium into a garden that explores the concept of 'invasive alien species.']]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/dumping-subway-cars-to-create-artificial-reefs-pics.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:37:12 +0000 Photographer Stephen Mallon captures the awesome sight of the MTA's popular program to dump old trains into the Atlantic to revitalize marine wildlife.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/oyster-tecture-mollusk-landscaping-a-sustainable-future.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:05:48 +0000 Landscape architect Kate Orff proposes building oyster reefs in the harbor of New York City as a way to fight pollution and protect against climate change.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/futurict-hopes-to-model-the-world-with-living-earth-simulator.html Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:34:01 +0000 An ambitious project aims to gather the world's knowledge & data streams to drive a single, real-time global model of our planet.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/humans-give-back-to-the-environment%e2%80%a6literally.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:40:26 +0000 A unique DIY project in Chicago offers a way to recapture value from waste. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/why-are-seed-banks-so-important.html Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:22:51 +0000 A battle over land rights in Russia highlights why these storehouses of agricultural materials and knowledge are valuable.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/putting-the-suburbs-on-wheels.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:46:06 +0000 Homeway offers an interesting conceptual commuting solution.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/mozart-bacteria-and-energy-efficiency.html Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:43:58 +0000 Can music make microbes more efficient?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/nomadic-plants-the-promise-of-wetware.html Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:22:39 +0000 Nomadic Plants turn ecological balance into a microbial processor. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/mini-mansions-reclaimed-wetlands.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:02:33 +0000 Last month we wrote about the Reburbia competition that challenged architects and urban planners to appropriate the soon-to-be vacant ruins of suburban sprawl (aka big box stores and mini-mansions) for more efficient uses. The grand prize went to Calvin Chiu’s Frog’s Dream: McMansions Turned into Biofilter Water Treatment Plants. It’s a design that turns bloated mini-mansions into wetlands, providing an organic filtration system for a nearby city. Chiu explains the project: In response to the anticipated future, the Frog’s Dream project attempts to re-establish a sustainable relationship between city and suburbia. It proposes to transform the vacant McMansions, at theRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/10-ways-to-protect-the-economy-from-black-swans.html Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:15:06 +0000 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the hit book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, has shared ten principles with the Financial Times that he believes can help make our world more resistant to unexpected events. Taleb says using these guiding principals will make our economic world resemble a healthy, balanced biological environment, with “smaller companies, richer ecology, no leverage. A world in which entrepreneurs, not bankers, take the risks and companies are born and die every day without making the news.” He begins: 1. What is fragile should break early while it is still small. Nothing shouldRead more...]]>