2013-10-25

綠屋頂 綠牆:炎熱地球 降溫之道


source:  dxmonline
大小創意邀請樹花園(Tree Garden)公司董事長李有田,
分享城市綠屋頂以及綠牆的概念。

內容包括:
1)都市屋頂或露台、陽台,外牆面綠化的科學意義。
2)世界各地,包括臺灣,成功的實例。
3)在臺灣,屋頂、露台、陽台、外牆面綠化的基本設計概念 及基礎知識。
4)常見的錯誤的想法。
5)果樹、蔬菜種植的可能性。

垂直綠化的好處,包括了:

1)隔熱節能省電 擺脫西曬房子的夢靨。
2)生物多樣性與生態跳島。
3)減緩都市熱島效應。
4)停滯雨水減緩驟雨涇流造成馬路淹水。
5)美化建築物成為地標。
6)政府綠建築和都更獎勵綠牆施作增加容積率。

我們能為這塊土地做什麼?
將平面的不透水鋪面儘量改成【透水鋪面】,
讓雨水可以滲入地下,回補地下水
讓驟雨帶來的雨水,
先濕潤土壤儲存起來,多餘的才排走,
也不會造成排水管道的洩水能量超載,讓馬路積水。

土地失去的綠意,我們努力從空中補回來,
讓都市成為補償綠意的最佳舞台。

2013-10-19

Slavoj Žižek. The Buddhist Ethic and the Spirit of Global Capitalism. 2012


source: European Graduate School    2012年10月2日
http://www.egs.edu/ Slavoj Žižek, contemporary philosopher and psychoanalyst, discusses Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki, Western Buddhism, the West, capitalism, science, ideology, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, psychoanalysis, bodhisattva, samsara, enlightenment, kharma, nirvana, war, Thomas Metzinger, free will, Benjamin Libet, Martin Heidegger, Patricia and Paul Churchland, and The Lion King. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland. 2012 Slavoj Žižek.

2013-10-02

The physics of sperm vs. the physics of sperm whales - Aatish Bhatia


source: TED-Ed 2013-09-23
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/human-sperm...
Traveling is extremely arduous for microscopic sperm -- think of a human trying to swim in a pool made of...other humans. We can compare the journey of a sperm to that of a sperm whale by calculating the Reynolds number, a prediction of how fluid will behave, often fluctuating due to size of the swimmer. Aatish Bhatia explores the great (albeit tiny) sperm's journey.
Lesson by Aatish Bhatia, animation by Brad Purnell.

The most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of (by Addison Anderson)


source: TED-Ed 2013-10-01
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-most-gr...
Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nicolas Steno earned his chops at a young age, studying cadavers and drawing anatomic connections between species. Steno made outsized contributions to the field of geology, influencing Charles Lyell, James Hutton and Charles Darwin. Addison Anderson recounts Steno's little-known legacy and lauds his insistence on empiricism over blind theory.
Lesson by Addison Anderson, animation by Anton Bogaty.

2013-10-01

Art for Life's Sake: In Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma


source: AspenInstitute  2013-06-27
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, 2013 Harman-Eisner artist in residence, discusses his far-reaching vision for how artists can practice their citizenship, as individuals and through institutions—and how the arts fulfill a fundamental human need by forging and strengthening community.

Interviewer: Damian Woetzel, Director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program

Session produced by the Aspen Institute Arts Program, under the direction of Damian Woetzel. For more information about the Aspen Institute Arts Program, visit www.aspeninstitute.org/artsprogram