An Australian renewable energy technology designed this new power generation system. The currents on the ocean floor impose a force on the fin of the BioStream device. The to-and-fro motion of the fin is directed into a specially designed gearbox that converts the oscillating motion into a rotational motion that drives a conventional dynamo.

via NextNature

A boy totes copper wires torn from old electronic devices at a market in Ghana. Power plugs in his bundle point to Europe—where laws forbid shipping such waste to poor nations—as a likely origin.

via Peter Essick at National Geographic

Bertozzi & Casoni, Pot Pouri, 2008
glazed ceramic and painted bronze

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Adam Haynes, Rogue Wave, 25” x 17”, Acrylic on Panel

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A polluted creek covered with trash in Manila, Philippines on 01 March 2009. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported in 2008 that the Philippines hosts 50 major polluted rivers, with a majority of pollutants coming from domestic waste. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG

Christian Gonzenbach, Haval,

Christian Gonzenbach, Haval (front)

Henrik Håkansson, Fallen Forest, 2006.

Thiago Rocha Pitta, Heritage (Film Still), 2007