Category Archives: infrastructure

A New Timelapse Tool Reveals How Much Humans Have Altered Earth’s Landscape Since 1984 | Colossal

Posted on April 24, 2021 by agogo22

Venture back to the sights of 1984 with Google Earth’s new timelapse tool. Released just in time for Earth Day, the addition reveals our collective mark on the planet during the last three decades and provides visual evidence of urban … Continue reading →

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Three Gorges Dam: The Largest Dam in the World

Posted on April 22, 2021 by agogo22

It’s a big one. And pretty controversial too.

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South-to-North Water Transfer Project: China’s Redistribution of Natural Resources

Posted on April 22, 2021 by agogo22

What should you do when all of your country’s water is in the south, but all of your country’s people are in the north? Isn’t it obvious? Move the rivers up to the north! […]

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BBC World Service – The Compass, Water: Too Much And Not Enough, Solutions

Posted on April 22, 2021 by agogo22

Water is at the heart of many of the most serious ecological crises we face, including the biggest one of all: the climate emergency. Alok Jha shows how water itself may offer solutions to give us hope. Alok witnesses nuclear … Continue reading →

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Residents Bike For Safer Access to the Harlem River Waterfront

Posted on March 22, 2021 by agogo22

There is a growing string of green waterfront parks and bike/ped paths in The Bronx but there is one huge troubling obstacle to access: NYPD vehicles and personal parking obstructing sidewalks meant for safe passage to get there. About 100 … Continue reading →

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Guinea-Bissau: The powerful queens of Orango | DW Documentary

Posted on March 8, 2021 by agogo22

A matriarchy rules on one of the Bijagos Islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. The tribe of the same name lives on Orango, one of the most populated islands in the archipelago. Women dominate public and private life there. This … Continue reading →

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From Rotterdam to Amsterdam by boat, a time-lapse video | The Kid Should See This

Posted on February 23, 2021 by agogo22

Travel the Netherlands‘ famous waterways by boat with the help of this 11-minute time-lapse video set to the second movement of Antonín Dvořák‘s Symphony no. 9 (From the New World): Sailing Holland. The Timewriters short, filmed from Rotterdam to Amsterdamin … Continue reading →

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All Riders | The Fight for Accessibility

Posted on February 20, 2021 by agogo22

The battle for accessibility in the New York City Subway told by those fighting it. To become an ally, visit riseandresist.org/elevator-action-group to learn more.

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How Does China’s Social Credit System Work?

Posted on February 6, 2021 by agogo22

Everyone thinks of China’s social credit system as some sort of Black Mirror episode, while others compare it the the FICO score in the USA. It’s much, much more than that. In fact, I found the documents that highlight how … Continue reading →

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How Big Tech Betrayed Us | Rana Foroohar

Posted on February 6, 2021 by agogo22

How did the internet giants come to dominate our world? Big Tech firms are now some of the richest and most powerful entities on the planet – and we’re starting to see the effects of this extreme concentration of power, … Continue reading →

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