Why the name Non-Scalable?
Non-Scalable is a term often seen in the renewable and sustainable energy market, usually referring to an inherent limitation with the technology trying to be employed. One premise of this blog is that finding problems with scale-of-application for our sustainable future, such that they are deemed "non-scalable", maybe a symptom of a larger underlying assumption about what an appropriate scale for man is. The title of this blog, then, is meant to ring as a reminder for us to ask questions about how we see our relation to the world.

What you'll find..
Non-Scalable provides breaking news for products and ideas that address the most pressing problems in human ecology. Most of the posts will look at ideas regarding a sustainable future and appropriate design. The products featured are ones that provide a unique or innovative solution; able to provide the same or better function with reduced impact on resources.

Don't keep it all bottled up!
This blog is about asking questions and thinking about solutions, it is a place where ideas of old technologies and new ones can be explored and discussed. We have one planet with limited resources, this is the same planet we have always been on, and much of our past history was concerned with meeting our needs with limited means.
The past may hold smarter solutions than ones we have grown accustomed to in recent decades. Likewise technology and education have advanced so massively on the back of inexpensive fuels that many minds are able to be directed to producing novel solutions never envisioned in the past.

You are welcome to provide Non-Scalable with tips, suggestions, comments, or product announcements by using the contact page. Product reviews will be a growing part of Non-Scalable's focus, and inquires for review can be directed at the contact page.

-Derek Hornor, Non-Scalable Editor

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About the editor: A biologist at heart, Derek has hit the books more times than an accountant with narcolepsy. Upon Graduation the lab coat was exchanged for a homemade backpack and pair of found 30-year-old hiking boots.
The next few years were spent in full emersion therapy, tramping cross-country through Asia, India, Europe, and Central America.
The pursuit has remained; finding a sustainable way to live. Now back in Europe he finds himself at a truly unique time in history positioned at the very crossroads of climate change and sustainability.
Derek is based in Denmark and uses his graduate cert. in Ecology to try and bring a unique look at the future of human ecology.