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HUMANS AS CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE. "We must no longer see ourselves as the anti-natural species that merely threatens and eliminates nature, but rather as catalysts of evolution. With our urge to design our environment we create a ‘next nature’ which is unpredictable as ever: wild software, genetic surprises, autonomous machinery and splendidly beautiful black flowers. Nature changes along with us!" A must-see website. " " http://www.nextnature.net/http://lnkd.in/d8-UcdN View in LinkedIn

NASTY PESTICIDES IN SOME FARM FISH. "The organophosphate azamethiphos, described by Sepa as needing "great care" by fish farms "because even a slight overdose can harm or kill the fish", now accounts for more than half of all chemical use by weight. Its usage had more than doubled since 2008, from 100kg to 211kg last year." Read the data sheets showing annual usage by chemical. " " http://lnkd.in/d_MH7rr View in LinkedIn

THE BOOK "Next Nature: Nature Changes Along With Us with Hendrik-Jan Grievink. Scientific American magazine wrote in a review that “next nature can give us a new vocabulary and a new philosophy to see and design the world."" " http://lnkd.in/dEHaRp8 View in LinkedIn

SCOTTISH SALMON FARM PROBLEMS, after the types of pesticides and antibiotics were finally disclosed to authorities. " ""The data ... shows that overall use of pesticides by the salmon farming industry has increased each year, from 188kg in 2008 to 395kg last year – an increase of some 110%." This was primarily due to increasing parasite resistance. A case study. " " http://lnkd.in/d_MH7rrhttp://lnkd.in/dA6pNAN View in LinkedIn

POSTSCRIPT ABOUT CIRCULAR NONSENSE. We eat salmon because of good omega oils? The salmon cannot make it and get it from its food. When farmed, this is ground bait fish containing the good oil. Anecdotally, 1 pound of salmon needs 1.5 of oily bait fish to produce it. " " http://lnkd.in/dT5q2ub View in LinkedIn

ANTIBIOTICS AND FISH FARMS. "Because of parasite problems, some aquaculture operators frequently use strong antibiotic drugs to keep the fish alive (but many fish still die prematurely at rates of up to 30 percent. In some cases, these drugs have entered the environment. Additionally, the residual presence of these drugs in human food products has become controversial."" " http://lnkd.in/d-UTaTT View in LinkedIn

FOUNDER'S PROFILE. "Koert Van Mensvoort PhD (TEDx speaker) is the head of the 'Next Nature Lab' at the Industrial Design Department of the Eindhoven University of Technology, a position he has held since 2003. Van Mensvoort is the founder and director of the Next Nature Foundation, a design-and-think tank based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands."" " http://lnkd.in/dEHaRp8 View in LinkedIn

FISH FARMS NEGATIVE IMPACT. "A 2008 meta-analysis of available data shows that salmon farming reduces the survival of associated wild salmon populations. This relationship has been shown to hold for Atlantic, steelhead, pink, chum, and coho salmon. The decrease in survival or abundance often exceeds 50 percent."" " http://lnkd.in/d-UTaTT View in LinkedIn

OUR WESTERN NATURE-CULTURE DIVIDE is rooted in old ideas from aeons bygone, and is in need of a grand update. Just as our concepts on other related topics organically evolves, so our ideas about nature need to catch up with the fusion of technology and nature that is unfolding before our eyes. " " http://lnkd.in/dWm8A93 View in LinkedIn

THE 'NEXT NATURE' SERIES of blogs highlights some of the extraordinary work of Koert Van Mensvoort, who proposes that nature and culture (aka technology) are actually co-evolving and are interchangeable, rather than in opposition. This series of concepts is very useful to reconcile modernity as we experience it today, and nature. Settle in an enjoy the ride. It's not all WuWu. " " http://www.tedxamsterdam.com/human-nature-forecast-koert-van-mensvoort/ View in LinkedIn