Tag Archive for 'aesthetics'

TED; Aimee Mullins and her twelve pairs of legs

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Kim
10 months, 2 weeks ago
in Activism, Disasters, Ethics, Feminism, Film, TV, Video etc, Media, Technology, The Web and Women
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I’d been meaning to blog on this for such a long time. I sort of put it off, because… well, for all sorts of reasons. But I’ve been reminded of Aimee Mullins’ talk by the recent (and well deserved … how good is it?) buzz about TED. On reflection, though, I think I’ll post the video without commentary. But I’d be fascinated by your comments.

Tuesday Photoblogging – CDM edition

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dk.au
1 year, 3 months ago
in Climate change, Energy, Howardia, Markets, Sociology and Technology
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The big questions for those in Poznan are those around financing. In what ways do existing instruments need reform? What novel measures could be devised to reign in emissions growth in areas like air and sea transport? So it was with some interest that I noticed a little PR at work. The administrators of the Clean Development Mechanism, scrambling for public recognition, announced the awards for the 2008 Changing Lives photo contest. Unsurprisingly, there is an eerie resonance between the winning entries and criticisms of the CDM itself, captured mostly recently by the US GAO report. That report, far from being simply ‘US criticism of the UN’ is the culmination of a year’s work, including engagement with some 26 experts, and on the effectiveness of the CDM. Continue reading ‘Tuesday Photoblogging – CDM edition’