Ryan Wahle

Monthly Archives: September 2012

Sit and Swing

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Relax and take notes somewhere other than the library. Take a seat on our swings and enjoy your day.

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The Alberta Tar Sands is … Mordor?

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This an indirect way of using new media ( a popular film in this case) to spread awareness of environmental issues. The Tar Sands are being destructed and this was a major way of approaching the situation. The willingness of the director of the Lord of the Rings to put himself out there for the […]

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Phone Story

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Seeing as we, as a department of new media, have created many apps for the iphone, I thought this was an appropriate project to recognize. The yes Men use an app as a way to spread awareness about the child labor done to mine in foreign countries. http://www.yeslab.org/project/phone-story

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New York’s anti-gentrification Green Guerrillas Descendants

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http://www.spontaneousinterventions.org/project/guerrilla-gardening As a response to the urbanization of large parts of the planet, people have been replacing the concrete and clay with lush gardens for purposes beyond the great beauty of them in the industrial landscape. This article caught my eye because it is a seemingly quiet protest or counter argument against the destruction of […]

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Aquaponics

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“Aquaponics houses an aquaculture and hydroponics system for farming fish and fresh vegetables.” This sustainable way of farming will benefit the future in many ways including, limiting emissions and farming in desert locations. Even though this is a design that lessens emissions, I would like to see a design that has no emissions. An even […]

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Hello world!

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