Monthly Archives: December 2012

Originally posted on travelerreport:
Attendant in a charcoal shop. Nepal. Decades of deforestation had decimated arable lands, reduced water tables and threatened the survival of communities totally depending on agriculture. 30 years ago in Nepal, nobody bothered about the forests.…

Originally posted on ART & CARTOGRAPHY:
A very impressive ‘Sound Globus’ was developed by Yuri Suzuki, sound artist. He is mapping sound – pieces of typical music found on those places – on a ‘3D globus disk’: Sound of the…

Originally posted on SFU City:
From thisbigcity: … sustainable urbanism doesn’t just happen, it needs to be encouraged through the design of our cities. And though formal education isn’t a critical component of being a good urban designer, it is…

Originally posted on KAFILA – 12 YEARS OF A COMMON JOURNEY:
USHA SAXENA writes a letter to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit: Dear ma’am, My daughter Shambhavi and I and a colleague of mine Reema Ganguly went to Jantar Mantar today…