The Vatican has been a bell-weather of human rights concerns and research for centuries. His Holiness Pope Francis’ personal commitment to put actions in front of the Holy See’s words are having a profound effect in Vatican City and globally. The Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice, led by His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson […]
Over the past few years, Urban Logic has looked at how banks reflect society’s priorities, and cause multiple impacts in doing so. In order to understand “banking,” numerous books, professional journals and a deluge of popular works after the 2008 Credit Crisis have come forward to demystify the “black box of banking”, so that it […]
Biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus has wisely observed that Nature is a design studio, where optimizing sustainability (of planetary lifeforms) and resiliency (navigating climate, species and extraterrestrial impacts) comes through millions of years of adaptability experiments. Nature Values Diversity Nature relies on multiple species to sequester carbon and improve nutrients for soils in vastly different climates […]
2008 – 2012 had seen a stubborn recession, shattering personal wealth and global confidence in the largest banks. The Occupy Wall Street Protests in New York and London pressed for reforms to the banking system, by legislative, regulatory and judicial means. By March 2012, Silicon Valley had been pursuing its agenda of revolutionizing the banking […]
Istanbul sits smack on top of some of the Earth’s most active seismic faults. A city of nearly 14 million, the risks of repeating past earthquakes exceeding 7 in magnitude, threatens rich and poor alike. Current USGS projections, show the vulnerability maps, with devastating clarity. The geology of how this region formed explains what is happening […]
U.S. Green Building Council LEED Certifications, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Our commercial world is becoming a cascade of EULAs: End Use License Agreements, shrink-wrapping
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Biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus has wisely observed that Nature is a design studio, where
2008 - 2012 had seen a stubborn recession, shattering personal wealth and global confidence in the
Istanbul sits smack on top of some of the Earth's most active seismic faults. A city of nearly 14
Why is it that shopping is what powers the Internet? So many new products struggle to find an
