Sentences with phrase «basic connection to the earth»

Reflecting on her aerial vantage point, one of the defining aspects of her work, John Yau writes in the exhibition catalogue, «In her carefully chosen views, Jacquette synthesizes solitariness and specificity, the anonymous and the particular, as well as further inflects this postmodern condition by making us feel as if we have lost our basic connection to the earth, and are floating or hanging somewhere in the air.»

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We've managed to restore our connection with the earth, allowing us to re-route and root our basic principles of eating clean — hallelujah!

Fortunately for my antipodes this meant trying on my radical views: we need to extract no more than the carrying capacity of the earth (its solar flux, plus material reserves), invest in efficiency (not more generation), value happiness enabled through personal connections and experiences, not purchases, and still hold a goal of bringing health and basic support to the entire planet.

The basic idea is very straightforward: place very large solar arrays into continuously and intensely sunlit Earth orbit (1,366 watts / meter squared), collect gigawatts of electrical energy, electromagnetically beam it to Earth, and receive it on the surface for use either as base load power via direct connection to the existing electrical grid, conversion into manufactured synthetic hydrocarbon fuels, or as low ‐ intensity broadcast power beamed directly to consumers.»