Michael Mandiberg

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A fellow in the R&D OpenLab, Michael is currently working on Firefox plug-ins that highlight the real environmental costs of a global economy. Recent projects include Real Costs http://TheRealCosts.com, a browser plug-in that inserts carbon footprints into airplane travel and car directions websites, and Oil Standard http://transition.turbulence.org/Works/oilstandard, a browser plug-in that converts all prices on any web page in their equivalent value in barrels of oil. He is an Assistant Professor at the College of Staten Island/CUNY. He lives in, and rides his bicycle around, Brooklyn.