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 ==== Alter Nature Symposium ====
-Some thoughts picked up at the "Alter Nature Symposium", about Designing Nature; Designing Human Life; Owning Life
+Some collected thought circuits at the "Alter Nature Symposium", about Designing Nature; Designing Human Life; Owning Life
 Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE]
+Some quotes from keynote speaker Ignace Schops (landscaping expert, herpetologist; International Ambassador of Biodiversity).
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+Tourism is one of the biggest threats for nature.
+A sustainable civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they never will sit...
+We entered the sixth stage of extinction - (See > The Red List of Threatened Species (The International Union for Conservation of Nature) - http://www.iucnredlist.org/)
+We need international agreements; nature-based-design (f.i. self-healing plastic; [[http://www.nhmshop.co.uk/green-gifts/reindeer-poo-in-a-box/product.html|reindeer poo in a box]]); develop a "reconnection model" and make Ecosystem services part of the GDP for the protection of the natural capital and poverty reduction - (See > The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study - http://www.teebweb.org
+America wants to be a one-day China (Al Gore)
+"
 === Designing Nature ===
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 **Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (artist/writer/designer) - Synthetic Aesthetics - How Would You Design Nature?**
-**Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology?
+'**Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology?
 Is this even design, or must we find new words to describe it? We might have to define new design tools to
-negotiate this changing interpretation of life.**
+negotiate this changing interpretation of life.**'
-Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, initiated by scientists to investigate what this kind of design is and what it might hint at for future science and culture. It includes scientists, artists and designers.
+'Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, initiated by scientists to investigate what this kind of design is and what it might hint at for future science and culture. It includes scientists, artists and designers.'
-http://www.daisyginsberg.com
+http://www.syntheticaesthetics.org - http://www.daisyginsberg.com
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 And pointed out the importance of **[[http://partsregistry.org|The Registry of Standard Biological Parts]]**; "a continuously growing collection of genetic parts that can be mixed and matched to build synthetic biology devices and systems."
+The Creation of a Biological Spare Part: Manufacturing Tissues by Developmental Engineering
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 === References / Further Reading ===
+__Events__
 **Alter Nature** - http://www.alter-nature.be/en
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 till March 13, 2011 - http://www.z33.be/en/projects/alter-nature-we-can
-**Certified Copy**
+**Body / Art / Bioethics** - A SymbioticA Symposium exploring the culture and ethics of the use and ownership of living material, from the cell to the whole body, in art, science, law and philosophy. Universtity of Western Australia, Perth. August 6, 2010. - http://www.bodyartbioethics.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/#catherine
-An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http://ornamism.com/2010/
-**Center For Environmental Studies** (Centrum voor Milieukunde- CMK); University of Hasselt [BE]
+**Certified Copy** - An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http://ornamism.com/2010/
-research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals.
-Core competences
-. Effects of (a)biotic stress factors at different biological organisation levels: from molecular to ecosystem level
-. Remediation and management of contaminated soils – Renewable energy production
-. Policy supporting environmental research
-Contact person: Prof. Dr. Ann Cuypers
-http://www.uhasselt.be/CMK-en
-**Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday. http://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2
+__Research Centers__
+**Arts & Genomics Centre/ BioArts** - a multidisciplinary platform led by Prof.dr. R. Zwijnenberg that "...attempts to expand the public debate on (future) goals, means, possibilities and use of results of genomics, from the specific point of view of bio-genetic art and develop tools for drawing in new audiences." Faculty of Science, Leiden Institute of Chemistry (Hol) - http://www.artsgenomics.org/
+**Biopolitics / Human Tissue Economies** - Prof. Catherine Waldby. Director of the Biopolitics of Science research network, Sydney University. - One of her research areas is a feminist-Marxist critique of the distribution and use of parts of bodies, classified as “gift” or “waste” - http://sydney.edu.au/arts/biopolitics_science.
+**Environmental Studies** 'Centrum voor Milieukunde'; University of Hasselt [BE]
+research focus on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals.
+Prof. Dr. Ann Cuypers - http://www.uhasselt.be/CMK-en
 **Gen Doping**
 Contra: [[http://www.wada-ama.org/en/About-WADA/Governance/Health-Medical--Research-Committee/Gene-Doping-Panel/|Gene Doping Panel of the World Anti-Doping Program]]
 Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/Philosopher) - pro Transdisciplinary creative solutions - http://www.andymiah.net/category/research/sport/gene-doping/
+Both blossom in documentary 'Die Mutanten Greifen An' (Mutants Attack) A German documentary (ZDF), discussed in this article > http://dasmagazin.ch/index.php/die-mutanten-greifen-an/
 **Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http://biodynamics.ucsd.edu/index.html
-**Paolo Antonelli's (MoMA) article on governing by design**: "design applied not as a mere aesthetic or functional tool but as a conceptual method, based on scenarios that keep human beings in focus, with the means consequently allotted in elegant, economic, and organic ways to achieve the imagined goals. Even though design alone will not solve everything, it will, as always, help create and implement effective solutions that are attuned to human nature." - http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/on_governing_by_design/
-**Photosynthesizing bacteria**
+**[[http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/impacts-of-genetic.html|Impacts of Genetic Engineering in Food and Agriculture]]** - Union of Concerned Scientists (US)
-"Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" Debora MacKenzie and Michael Le Page, NewScientist, December 2010, Volume 208, #2790. Pp 33-35. Featuring Christina Agapakis' research (Harvard Medical School) and experiment on injecting photosynthetic bacteria into the eggs of zebrafish.
+**Technoprogressivism** - The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (US) - Showcase technoprogressive ideas
+http://ieet.org/
+__Writings__
+**Design as a Method - Governing by Design** - Paolo Antonelli's (MoMA): "design applied not as a mere aesthetic or functional tool but as a conceptual method, based on scenarios that keep human beings in focus, with the means consequently allotted in elegant, economic, and organic ways to achieve the imagined goals. Even though design alone will not solve everything, it will, as always, help create and implement effective solutions that are attuned to human nature." In: Seed Magazine, February 20, 2011 - http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/on_governing_by_design/
+**Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday Publishers. http://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2
+**Photosynthesizing bacteria** - "Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" Debora MacKenzie and Michael Le Page, NewScientist, December 2010, Volume 208, #2790. Pp 33-35. Featuring Christina Agapakis' research (Harvard Medical School) and experiment on injecting photosynthetic bacteria into the eggs of zebrafish.
 "[[http://blogs.plos.org/retort/2010/12/20/why-animals-so-rarely-photosynthesize/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+plos%2Fblogs%2Fmain+%28Blogs+-+Main%29|Why Most Animals So Rarely Photosynthesize]]" John Rennie, The Gleaming Retort, December 20,2010