EDPX 4350 – WEEK 11B (PROJECT #3 FINAL)

SUSTAINDESIGN_FINAL CREATIVE MAPPING: HydroGlobe in Cambodia HydroGlobe is a project proposal to use a blockchain ICO to develop sustainable water filtration systems in underdeveloped countries. Using Ethereum cryptocurrency, investors purchase shares from HydroGlobe, which are then resold on the blockchain market. These funds, paired with external company partnerships and global connections, are used to develop solar-powered water filtration kiosk systems to supply clean water to underdeveloped countries. This project development aims to connect the blockchain and cryptocurrency world run by the wealthy to the global people through humanitarian and sustainable efforts.  To further develop this project proposal, we [...]

2018-03-15T14:32:22+00:00March 15th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 11A

In Cambodia 84% of the population does not have access to clean, safe water. The Mekong River flows through this area of Southeast Asia and it is often affected by monsoon season from May to November. How could a place that has a river flowing through it and a monsoon season be in a water crisis? A lack of technology, contamination of water, and a reliance on rainfall for drinking water contribute to the water crisis in Cambodia. http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/03/22/world-water-day-10-places-most-in-need-of-clean-water/

2018-03-10T23:50:20+00:00March 8th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 8B

Food Deserts - mapping Pollinator maps Mapping: Google Map API Open Streetmap - creative mapping - microclimate(s) - localized climate - sustainability micro-climates - urban micro-climates MICRO-CLIMATES - specialists of a particular area urban micro-climates - designing the space between buildings - localized ethnic languages - accents/neighborhood localized - diversity in micro-climates - ethnic history - evolution of the city - food deserts - no grocery store for miles - what co-maps on top of each other for sustainable microclimates - food justice - food access - issues that disseminate down to the population - community gardens [...]

2018-02-24T20:17:51+00:00February 18th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 7B

- speculative - analyze design constraints from the beginning - forecast of where it might go - how can you bend it - complexity theory - emergence BITCOIN RESOURCES ON WEB (CLASS PORTAL) www.loop.net ? HOMEWORK - pull imagery (water/people) - hydro/aqua pura/hydro pur

2018-02-24T20:33:32+00:00February 11th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 5B

Planet Climate/environmental impacts Environmental justice Alternative energy   PRESENTATION PROJECT 1: DELIVERABLES - 15-20 minute presentation on your proposal - review of the site - your idea alt. energy approach (google earth) - visual simulation of proposed work - gains in watts i.e. watts level of energy offset could this work accomplish - CLIENT CONCERNS - RESOLUTION TO PROBLEM - INTRODUCTION WITH LAND ART

2018-02-02T04:57:54+00:00January 27th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 4B

:: communities > self-organization, networking > needs & outreach > social entreprenuerism Wind Scalability Drawing in tools you want to work with. examples of Sketchup industrial scale project for the University Lighting Africa (big picture of little sun) students as nodes as a way to distribute electricity what does the idea mean? how is it visualized? more than an energy producing source how do you spin the value of having a position where we are able to have advantage of the most sun need for drinking water? clean air / clean water WIND important to think about the distribution [...]

2018-01-27T21:14:22+00:00January 27th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 4A

1>pgs 65-103, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet, Ghosts > NREL tools PVWatts, interactive mapping > Land Art Generator Initiative Waste Land Film comments NOTES Alt-energy program sustainability carbon/ecological footprinting reosource/material usage equipment upgrades innovative scholarship initiatives photo voltaic cells generate electricity from the sun land art generator initiative VISIT WEBSITE (landartgenerrator.org) speculative and conceptual designs TESLA solar roof tiles (designed to look like a standard roof) transparent panels PV Watts Calculator Kilowatt Meter Usage NREL SAM (for management of energy) hydrokinetic energy HOMEWORK google earth flyover of DU campus mapping tools

2018-01-27T21:07:41+00:00January 26th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 3B

:: design strategies > green design / materials > technical nutrients > biomimetic designs > resource use, reuse > visualization/design/prototyping tools ASSIGNED: DU alt-energy redux Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of catadores — or garbage pickers. The catadores are the ultimate marginalized population; unemployed in any traditional sense of the word, they resort to picking [...]

2018-01-21T21:30:48+00:00January 21st, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 3A

:: tools overview & resources > classes of tools for sustainability intervention, footprinting, surveillance, measurement and design > citizen science > open source, creative commons, shareware/freeware > software / hardware > predictive design tools > visualization -> new sensoria The Science of Cities Geoffrey West - SFI Community Lecture USAGE computer charging time computer usage time phone charging time phone using time consumption/usage water usage trash emptied

2018-01-21T22:16:02+00:00January 21st, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 2B

LECTURE: 1/11/17 : time & scale > environmental and sustainability footprinting > lifecycles, ecologies & circular economies > pre-cognition ASSIGNED: footprint of electronics, media and energy consumption Reporting to be entered weekly in your online sketchbook http://professor.biotica.org/edpx3350/schedule.html http://professor.biotica.org/edpx3350/edpx3350_syllabus_w18.pdf email: tweaver2@du.edu - GLOBAL FOOTPRINT NETWORK - data sampling link on their website. - EXPLORE THE DATA TAB - LAND TYPES DATA - EPA - carbon offset - purchase renewable energy - carbon-economy - water more valuable than gasoline - FUTURE WATER CONSUMPTION HOMEWORK: 1/11/17 - USE FOOTPRINT TOOLS - MAKE DIARY ENTRY FOR USAGE - inventory of what you have [...]

2018-01-14T22:52:38+00:00January 14th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

The ecological footprint measures human demand on nature, i.e., the quantity of nature it takes to support people or an economy. It tracks this demand through an ecological accounting system. The accounts contrast the biologically productive area people use for their consumption to the biologically productive area available within a region or the world (biocapacity). In short, it is a measure of human impact on Earth's ecosystem and reveals the dependence of the human economy on natural capital. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zoqCaScqKDqdX9QfpRj0vwax8ZbcLp9kxx3_OMTrQ2s/edit?usp=sharing

2018-01-14T22:41:31+00:00January 10th, 2018|EDPX 4350|

EDPX 4350 – WEEK 2A

LECTURE: 1/9/17 :: background & platform of the sustainability movement/paradigm :: the Anthropocene, definition, history, implications > environmental & human rights movements > creative interventions > ecology / equity / economy / education > civil society & the sustainability paradigm > digital design/networking impact > organization, institutionalization, communities, dissemination > prediction/simulation,  visualization, meta-data http://professor.biotica.org/edpx3350/schedule.html http://professor.biotica.org/edpx3350/edpx3350_syllabus_w18.pdf email: tweaver2@du.edu HOMEWORK: 1/9/17 - SEND BLOG URL - ORDER BOOKS - READ/SIGN SYLLABUS - READINGS (look at footprinting tools, ways to look at consumption) - TAKE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT - DOWNLOAD GOOGLE EARTH

2018-01-10T03:03:18+00:00January 9th, 2018|EDPX 4350|