Four Elements House » Ted Talk http://www.fourelementshouse.com a Journey from Living On the Grid to Living Off the Grid in Chenogne Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:32:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy’s future http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2010/01/fusion-is-energys-future/ http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2010/01/fusion-is-energys-future/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:49:20 +0000 lagor http://www.fourelementshouse.com/?p=693

Wouldn’t it be cool to have this kind of technology. According to Steven Cowley it will take a couple of decades.., chances are.., that is not quick enough.

]]> http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2010/01/fusion-is-energys-future/feed/ 0 Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2 http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2009/07/jane-poynter-life-in-biosphere-2/ http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2009/07/jane-poynter-life-in-biosphere-2/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:35:25 +0000 Rogier http://www.fourelementshouse.com/?p=622

Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 — an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments.

]]> http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2009/07/jane-poynter-life-in-biosphere-2/feed/ 0 Sylvia Earle: Here’s how to protect the blue heart of the planet http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2009/03/sylvia-earle-heres-how-to-protect-the-blue-heart-of-the-planet/ http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2009/03/sylvia-earle-heres-how-to-protect-the-blue-heart-of-the-planet/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:51:42 +0000 lagor http://www.fourelementshouse.com/?p=437 As we educate ourselves more and more, our awareness grows more and more. Sometimes I think that it would be nice to not now, to be ignorant. It is bliss, but you can’t have it both ways. Once the genie is out of the bottle, there’s no turning back.

About this talk (from TED.com): “Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean — and shocking stats about its rapid decline — as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.”
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