Amir Djalali with Piet Vollaard, “The Complex History of Sustainability”, in: Volume #18: After Zero, Amsterdam: Archis Publisher, 2008.
Did you know that the term ‘Sustainability’ first appeared in a German forestry manual in the 1700s? Find out who expressed paranoia about an alleged conspiracy plan of global domination behind global warming, and what did French philosophers in the 70s think about ecology?
Discover all the different attitudes of humans towards nature throughout history. Learn more on the architectural approach to environmental design and get inspiration from a wide utopian fiction bibliography! Impress your friends with a full set of fresh notions!
The Complex History of Sustainability is a timeline of trends, authors, projects and fiction made by Amir Djalali, with Piet Vollaard. originally published in Volume #18 - After Zero, the timeline has been converted to an interactive website using mashing-up and using Google maps as a way to navigate this extensive timeline. The technology to do this, Google Maps Image Cutter, has been developed by CASA