Even if we might live a zero-waste life today there would still be some of our leftovers of yesterday of which to take care. At the same time, the philosophy of doing less harm still means doing harm, destroying less still means destroying. This is quite different from adding something to the world that has a beneficial effect and/or repairs what has been broken. As such, the sustainability equation is sometimes a bit more complex than often portrayed.

Many turn to nature for inspiration on how to solve certain issues and nature does offer the example in many ways. Already bacteria are widely used in many filtering systems to purify air, water and other substances. Now, human genome sequencer Craig Venter hooked up with Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith “to build from scratch a synthetic organism they want to program at the DNA level to consume carbon dioxide.”

The architecture firm R&Sie intends to wrap their design for the future Bangkok Art Museum dubbed ‘Dusty relief‘ in electrostatic wire that grow ‘fur’ by attracting dust from the air.

Feeding off dirt, dust and pollution is in a sense a very ecological idea in terms of problem solving when one follows lifecycle logic (at least if it is broken down to harmless basic components once again).

Via Bruce’s Beyond the Beyond and Regine’s WeMakeMoneyNotArt

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