Utopias
Project Lilypad: A 'Floating Ecopolis'
23 July 2008 - 7:00am
The Daily Mail
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has designed a floating city with the noble goal of housing displaced peoples who's homelands have been destroyed.
Arcosanti Revisited: The Sustainable Utopia
3 July 2008 - 9:00am
NBC 12 News
A short video profile shows renewed interest in Arcosanti, the utopian community founded by architect Paolo Soleri. Could Soleri's 40 yr. old utopia be the wave of the sustainable future?
Visions of the Future
30 May 2008 - 1:00pm
At the World Science Festival in New York, visions of future cities mix the usual Blade Runner-esque architecture with abundant greenery.
Equitable Utopias - Thoughts on Walking Away from Omelas
14 May 2007 - 4:57pm
In the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula LeGuin depicts a utopia that is made possible by the transference of all misery to a child who is kept in a cellar. Some in the community ignore the scapegoat’s existence, choosing the easy life of bliss that is offered to them. Those whose consciences do not allow them to live in willful ignorance often chose to leave Omelas and live complete, full lives that include awareness, and shouldering their own pain.
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