Feeling tiny, yet connected

Well.  

Here we are coming around the southern tip of San Juan Island druing the first leg of Round the County 2008.  Can't get much closer to weather than this, for now.

Far away, however, I read about the Asian skies.  Poisoned with soot, smog and toxic chemicals, the by product of massive developments in all industry categories - transportation, agriculture, building, cooking, and general mass production and export to the west.

''The imperative to act has never been clearer,'' said Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, in Beijing, where the report, titled ''Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Regional Assessment Report With Focus on Asia,'' was released.

Story via World Business Council on Sustainable Development.  Link here.

Eep.

minimal realism

I don't even know if I'd ever get a tattoo.. but if I did.. I would look to Charles Harper for inspiration. This guy is amazing.

I was going to post about pollution in Beijing, but I already did that yesterday at Ci.

moon rise

RAFT as platform

Updated sketches coming soon to a scanner near you. and who is YOU? aha I get a kick out that question. It's very Modest Mouse.

i want to build a windmill

yesterday morning i got up early and spent some time watching Bruce Sterling and TED talks. wasn;t the smoothest stream but it was worth it. got me thinking again how burning man is a festival for the privileged. no doubt about it. we go there, we build it, we tear it down and then we go back to join every one else. point is keeping it local is great but we must!, (rather i don't want to) forget about out there. this is the most inspiring thing i have ever seen.

energy

is one of those concepts I want to understand. because it is relevant in so many ways yet I have a tendency to avoid it. and I think most of us do. last semester, I gave a talk to the ECI 2nd year industrial design students on time wind water and energy. in preparing for the early morning, I learned heaps about BC Hydro, bill 30, micro hydro, wind power, and politics. powerpoint here.

watching A Valentine for Campbell by Waiting to Boil a Frog (via SWiG listserv) it's about coal, mercury and beautiful British Columbia. now, when I finally do tell people about this blog, it will be here. embedded and waiting.. .



for us to act.

the air is getting warmer.
spring is near.