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Latest Articles by John Rooks:
A House is Not a Home: Technology Vs. Culture
If I want to live in a more sustainable house, I know what the first steps are. I do a blower-door test, install double paned-Low E-argon filled windows, insulate my attic, and maybe install a passive solar hot water system. All of this will make my home more efficient and save m…
Sustainability as a spectator sport
In this guest blog, John Rooks of the S.O.A.P group gives us his two cents on those guiltily standing on the outskirts of sustainability... Even the greenest and grooviest among us are spectators of sustainability from time to time. We are constantly redrawing our acceptable bou…
The sustainability simulacrum
A simulacrum is a copy without an original. It’s a slippery concept, but we are surrounded by examples in pop-culture, modern marketing and corporate sustainability. In Ridley Scott’s masterpiece 'Blade Runner' (Warner Bros.,1982), starring Harrison Ford, humans…
Art and lies: capitalism, marketing & consumption
In this People and Planet guest blog, John Rooks finds that sometimes it's a change in perspective (rather than a new view), which often changes ideologies... A group of students at the Maine College of Art’s (MECA) Art and Organizing: Connectivity & Culture class recently…
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