The Big Here and the Long Now History for Sustainability Libby Robin [email protected]Fenner School of Environment and Society Australian National University/ Centre for Historical Research, National Museum of Australia Image: Julie Kennett Table of the Long Now
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The Big Here and the Long Now History for Sustainability Libby Robin [email protected] Fenner School of Environment and Society Australian National.
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Fenner School of Environment and SocietyAustralian National University/
Centre for Historical Research, National Museum of Australia
Image: Julie Kennett Table of the Long Now
The global imagination
‘Only One Earth’ View of Apollo 11 Space Mission
16 July 1969
The global imagination
Since 1969…• Information Technology revolution
• The end of equilibrium
• the Great Acceleration
Clock (above) and Orrery (below) of the Long Now
http://www.longnow.org/
Millennium Clock
The Millennium Clock Tower is over ten-metres tall, constructed in wood, metal and glass, containing fragments of the story of the millennium, with its disasters, tragedies and its human, scientific and artistic achievements. It is displayed at the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh in the shared space between the old museum and the new National Museum of Scotland.