Urgent Evoke

A crash course in changing the world.

Nicolas Dykstra
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Clean Water Plan

Currently the Great Lakes provide water for 30 million people. Have you ever seen Lake Michigan, it's gross looking water. Obama recently just pledged $475 million to Rescue the Great Lakes. This plan includes cleaning the water, rescuing native species, and getting rid of the invasive species like the Asian Carp, which is destroying the Great Lakes. The Goal is to make the Great lakes like they once were, GREAT. I may not agree with everything Obama does, but this is a pretty good… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2010 at 7:04pm

Simpler Solar Power Article

I just read this article from Popular Science about simpler Solar Power. We are now producing cheaper, thinner solar panels. One of the examples was a messenger bag that could charge a cell phone, and the others where new designs of roof panels. Read it.

Posted on March 29, 2010 at 6:55pm

Communities (Urban)

There is a reason I love living in a big urban environment. Urban environments [apartments] create more space because they stack homes on top of each other. Apartment complexes equal beauty to me. They cost less to heat, and are much more affordable. Imagine a city without suburbs, in place of the suburbs we place parks, and natural agriculture. Apartments allow us to share. We share our homes and can grow closer to our neighbors.


Apartments = Community =…
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Posted on March 29, 2010 at 6:42pm — 2 Comments

Taming the Desert Pt. 2

So I was watching this video from the TED conference [It's a Think Tank], and I saw an idea for sand dune homes. Apparently you can actually make sandstone with bacteria and sand. The idea became this: Build a sandstone wall across the Sahara to create homes for the retreating natives, and to prevent the expansion of the desert with a wind breaker. Wind breakers stop the sand storms from… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2010 at 1:35am — 1 Comment

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At 7:50am on March 29, 2010, ben said…
Thanks for the ff Nic. I look forward to reading through your blogs and having a look through some of your pics...a quick glance tells me you have a few cool concepts on growing/farming for the future...can't wait to learn more.
 
 
 

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