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"The person figured here is not an autonomous, rational actor but an unfolding, shifting biography of culturally and materially specific experiences, relations, and possibilities inflected by each next encounter (...) in uniquely particular ways." (Lucy Suchman, Human-machine reconfigurations: plans and situated actions, 2009, 281)

Jun 28, 2021

June

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The Craftsman "(...) focuses on the intimate connection between hand and head. Every good craftsman conducts a dialogue between concret...
Jun 27, 2021

June

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“The slowness of the craft time serves as a source of satisfaction (…). Slow craft time also enables the work of reflection and imagination ...
Jun 23, 2021

June

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What can we do with what we already have? What is the environment giving in abundance that we can use to solve a need or a problem? Knowledg...
Jun 21, 2021

Summer

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This Epiphyllum (mixed in a vase with other plants) only flourished twice since 2009. The first time was in August 2018 and this time markin...
Jun 18, 2021

June

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Images by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC)

June

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"Any human activity that does not require a large flow of irreplaceable resources or produce severe environmental degradation might co...

June

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"People always said they wanted the truth, but really they were perfectly content with a facsimile." Kate Atkinson, 2018. Transcri...
Jun 15, 2021

June

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Images by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC)
Jun 13, 2021

June

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  "Human knowledge, ingenuity, technology and cooperation can transform societies and economies and secure a sustainable future. (...) ...
Jun 12, 2021

June

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  "Whether in the case of donor-supported schemes or government-supported tree-based restoration interventions, it is crucial that sust...
Jun 9, 2021

June

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  "Our current data economy is based on collecting as much personal data as possible, storing it indefinitely, and selling it to the hi...
Jun 5, 2021

June

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  " So, what is your vision? What do you really want? What would make this a world that would make you excited to get up in the morning...
Jun 3, 2021

June

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 Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC )

June

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Covering solar, wind, bioenergy, geothermal and marine energy, the " Global Atlas for Renewable Energy is an online platform intended ...
May 28, 2021

Cooling

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Green Up to Cool Down: United in Action, webinar registration . Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC )

May

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  " A massive shift away from fossil fuels is a prospect that Big Oil can no longer rule out ." The Week That Shook Big Oil by Ca...
May 22, 2021

May

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From nothing to something. The power of creation. " It seemed to me that man could be as effective as God, in tasks other then destruct...
May 17, 2021

May

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"What is it you are searching for? What is it?" by Xinoby, On the Quiet: Searching For .  Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-...
May 15, 2021

May

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  "I've touched creations beautiful and wondrous I've been places where I question all I think I know  But I believe this could...
May 3, 2021

May

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC)
Apr 22, 2021

April

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European Climate Law : " a legally binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The EU Institutions and the Member Stat...
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Apr 17, 2021

Climate-neutral transitions

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"[T] his toolkit focuses on technical options to (re‑)use the infrastructure and sites of coal‑fired power plants (...) to convert pow...
Apr 15, 2021

Global Tree Knowledge Platform

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    "Planters, scientists, policy makers and anyone else who is interested in trees will enjoy using the resources. (...) The present l...
Mar 21, 2021

March

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"The world in our heads is not a (...) replica of reality; our expectations about the frequency of events are distorted by the prevalen...
Mar 20, 2021

March

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  “There are a total of 399 protected areas in Portugal, 167 Natura 2000 sites - 62 Special Protection Areas (Birds Directive) and 102 Sites...
Mar 18, 2021

March

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  "Halting land transformation and degradation could contribute 6.6 (range 2–11) GtCO2e per year to greenhouse gas emission reductions ...
Mar 15, 2021

March

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  “(…) the analysis suggests that NCS [Natural Climate Solutions] have the potential to limit the pace of climate change significantly, deli...
Mar 2, 2021

March

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"Achieving transformative change requires that the fundamental drivers of overconsumption are addressed, through changes in personal ...
Feb 27, 2021

February

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"The report serves to translate the current state of scientific knowledge into crisp, clear and digestible facts-based messages that t...
Feb 18, 2021

February

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  «In this picture, commercial surveillance is not merely an unfortunate accident or occasional lapse. It is neither a necessary development...
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Feb 17, 2021

The right to sanctuary

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  «The human need for a space of inviolable refuge has persisted in civilized societies from ancient time but it is now under attack as surv...
Feb 14, 2021

February

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  “Home is where we know and are known, where we love and are beloved. Home is mastery, voice, relationship, and sanctuary; part freedom, pa...
Feb 6, 2021

plantorium

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Surveillance : "Technological progress in the last few decades have made monitoring, tracking and profiling techniques easier, cheaper ...
Feb 5, 2021

Fevereiro

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Fui uma grande entusiasta, no final do século XX e no início do século XXI, de diversas ferramentas, tecnologias e produtos com base na inte...
Feb 1, 2021

This is not the Wild West

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  “ [I]n Europe the internet has long since ceased to be the wild west. Articles 7 and 8 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights [ le...
Jan 29, 2021

January

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“Our ways of thinking and the paths we take in life are hard to fathom, much less forecast using a reductive formula”, like an algorithm. ...
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