tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585987750972669152024-02-21T05:13:07.625-08:00ON THE WORK TABLEUrban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-47194323521571368582011-02-22T00:18:00.001-08:002011-02-22T00:18:58.488-08:00Fwd: from commencement speech by david foster wallace<div class="gmail_quote">GrittyPretty just sent me this amazing excerpt: <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">This, I submit, is the freedom of a real education, of learning how to be well-adjusted. You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship.</p> <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">Because here's something else that's weird but true: in the day-to day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship -- be it JC or Allah, bet it YHWH or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or the Four Noble Truths, or some inviolable set of ethical principles -- is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough. It's the truth. Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you. On one level, we all know this stuff already. It's been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story. The whole trick is keeping the truth up front in daily consciousness.</p> <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">Worship power, you will end up feeling weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to numb you to your own fear. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart, you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out. But the insidious thing about these forms of worship is not that they're evil or sinful, it's that they're unconscious. They are default settings.</p> <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">They're the kind of worship you just gradually slip into, day after day, getting more and more selective about what you see and how you measure value without ever being fully aware that that's what you're doing.</p> <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">And the so-called real world will not discourage you from operating on your default settings, because the so-called real world of men and money and power hums merrily along in a pool of fear and anger and frustration and craving and worship of self. Our own present culture has harnessed these forces in ways that have yielded extraordinary wealth and comfort and personal freedom. The freedom all to be lords of our tiny skull-sized kingdoms, alone at the center of all creation. This kind of freedom has much to recommend it. But of course there are all different kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talk about much in the great outside world of wanting and achieving and [unintelligible -- sounds like "displayal"]. The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day.</p> <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">That is real freedom. That is being educated, and understanding how to think. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default setting, the rat race, the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing.</p> <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational the way a commencement speech is supposed to sound. What it is, as far as I can see, is the capital-T Truth, with a whole lot of rhetorical niceties stripped away. You are, of course, free to think of it whatever you wish. But please don't just dismiss it as just some finger-wagging Dr. Laura sermon. None of this stuff is really about morality or religion or dogma or big fancy questions of life after death.</p> <p style="WIDTH: 600px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: medium">The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death.</p></div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-3297032889158508342011-02-15T16:01:00.000-08:002011-02-15T15:58:39.068-08:00You need a square<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D'>GrittyPretty and I are always daydreaming about moving to a farm within a bicycles' ride of an old town square with a clock tower. The absence of such important public, pedestrian spaces in our communities is awful: Not just because we feel their absence like a gaping whole in our hearts, like something lost, but because it denies us an important space to engage one another - to share our desires for our communities:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://discoveringurbanism.blogspot.com/2011/02/where-does-revolution-happen.html">Discovering Urbanism</a><br> </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>All the tweets and texts flying through the airwaves <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/02/does-egypt-need-twitter.html">have not changed the fact</a> that a physical place, a public square in the most literal sense, will always be a necessary stage for any kind of action.<span style='color:#1F497D'>..</span><br> <span style='color:#1F497D'>...</span>"<span style='color:#073763'>The government of Hosni Mubarak could shut down the internet. It could shut down cell phone service. It could force Al Jazeera, which has been providing superb coverage of the events in Egypt, to close its Cairo bureau. It could arrest journalists and seize their equipment.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>...</span><span style='color:#073763'>But the streets of Cairo themselves have been the medium that has carried the message of the Egyptian people</span><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5079297043552042968-1438596276319175317?l=discoveringurbanism.blogspot.com"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=550 height=733 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBCD31.ED2F4220" alt="http://images.travelpod.com/users/jonathanashleyr/1.1275348904.photo_1.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-54036209455483831632011-02-02T07:15:00.000-08:002011-02-06T10:43:14.714-08:00Huntsman: the greenest GOP presidential hopeful?<div class="Section1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Although I'm not a Republican, pretty much anything I hear from Gov. Herbert makes me deeply miss our old governor.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody>
<tr> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://feeds.grist.org/click.phdo?i=ba2428ccdf22aeffbe8b092b7a685f1a">Grist - the latest from Grist</a><br />
</span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is looking like the most climate-cognizant contender for the Republican presidential nomination. In fact, he downright looks like a <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-10-20-introducing-climate-hawks">climate hawk</a>...<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">...</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17402.html">Huntsman said</a> he found it "enormously frustrating" that Republicans had not been working toward a national climate policy. "We would not need the Western Climate Initiative if it were not for the foot-dragging nature of Congress," he said. "If Republicans had identified this problem earlier and tackled it aggressively, we would all be working together<span style="color: #1f497d;">...</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></td> </tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330148c83b8a2a970c-pi"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Earthbag dome" border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330148c83b8a2a970c-320wi" /></span></a><span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">"Domes are the strongest form in nature<span style="color: #1f497d;">...</span> The feeling inside is magical<span style="color: #1f497d;">..."</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-an-Earthbag-Dome/" target="_blank">Step-by-Step Earthbag Building Instructable</a>. Via <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/" target="_blank">Make</a></span></div></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">...this can't happen if we don't build places to facilitate these interactions.<span style="color: #1f497d;">"</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">..."In this age, 'judging technology' means one of two things: reviewing a particular tool for how well it satisfies the consumer, or doing deep thinking about Technology as a whole. I don't think there's any such thing as 'technology'. Every tool, every system of tools, every use of every system of tools, is a different animal. And instead of judging a clothes dryer for how well it dries your clothes compared to another clothes dryer, we should also judge it for how it affects the meaningfulness of your life, the society it is part of, and the rest of life on this planet."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">...here are the preliminary results for the more common transport means:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">sailboat 85 - 74, <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">horse 79 - 70 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">bicycle 77 - 63 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">private jet 58 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">airliner 45 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">passenger train 44 - 30<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">automobile 25<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Note that energy use and ecological damage are not the only criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span></td></tr>
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<tr> <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">"...</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> say your electricity came not from a dirty coal-steam plant but from algae that grew in a wetland cell that treated the effluent from your kitchen and bathroom? Suppose that once you had wrung out the algae mat for its rich gardening nutrients, you separated the oils from the biomass and refined those into fuel for your car. Then you took the leftover biomass and fed it to a pyrolyzing stove, which cooked your meals, heated your house, made your electricity, and left you not with ash but biochar — recalcitrant carbon ready to enrich your garden for the next 1000 years, staying out of the atmosphere all the while. Cool food, cool fuel, cool waste treatment, cool climate. <br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d;">...</span>This is where we choose to teach permaculture. The place is its own best instructor.<br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d;">...</span>You could live quite comfortably on the breadnuts, avocados, corn, bananas, coffee, fish, beans and all the rest. You could drink from the river, although Chris harvests water for the kitchen from a spring farther uphill. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxehwXo5uW9wbhIYF3UDjZwPWOtOYwt0MhSrS4z3l-5zI-gWr5MeeS3Ly6Mbf7ebebbjVKViI77FPflr8GViD-aoELyfVQ68186vzvBmviO49OUU2ksyydk3k75VwVFHAhAMzrFz2yCjb/s1600/TGCpeachpalmAframe.jpg"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="132" id="_x0000_i1067" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxehwXo5uW9wbhIYF3UDjZwPWOtOYwt0MhSrS4z3l-5zI-gWr5MeeS3Ly6Mbf7ebebbjVKViI77FPflr8GViD-aoELyfVQ68186vzvBmviO49OUU2ksyydk3k75VwVFHAhAMzrFz2yCjb/s200/TGCpeachpalmAframe.jpg" width="200" /></span></a>We are hosting introductory permaculture trainings outside Cancún through January, in Spanish, but for those interested in getting the whole design methodology at one location, in English, we direct you to our course in Belize. If you want to eat local organic food, sleep in dorms powered entirely by renewable energy, and bathe in a sparkling pure river, please contact <a href="mailto:info@mmrfbz.org">Chris</a> or visit his <a href="http://www.mmrfbz.org/">web site</a>.<span style="color: #1f497d;">"</span><br />
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<a href="http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/01/cool-food-cool-fuel-cool-climate.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-39235726828705282232011-01-24T12:30:00.000-08:002011-01-24T12:28:43.679-08:00Tea Party Blues<div class=Section1> <p><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Here is a good reason to get your Darjeeling Tea from<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.equalexchange.coop/what-teas-do-you-offer-">Equal Exchange</a></span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Grist via </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/challenging-convention-the-sanjukta-vikas-cooperative-in-darjeeling-india/">WorldWatch Institute blog</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br> <br> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Unhappily, simply buying tea labeled Fair Trade doesn’t much affect conditions on the ground in Darjeeling.<span style='color:#1F497D'>..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>...</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>this is devastating. Even Western consumers who try to do the right thing by buying Fair Trade are financing ecological damage and poverty cycles in Darjeeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>But <span style='color: #1F497D'>...</span>he also points to an alternative: a cooperative project started by families who took over a tea plantation abandoned when the British left India in 1947. For decades, Kane writes, they shunned the global tea market and supported themselves through subsistence agriculture. Then 10 years ago, with the help of NGOs, they formed a dairy cooperative called Sanjukta Vikas Cooperative (SVC) to sell milk locally. Later, they revived the old tea bushes and began to produce organic tea, marketed in the United States by Massachusetts-based <a href="http://www.equalexchange.coop/what-teas-do-you-offer-">Equal Exchange</a> under a Fair Trade label.<span style='color:#1F497D'>..</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>With increased profits, SVC has also been able to expand beyond tea and dairy. With the help of DLR Prerna, many SVC farmers have developed permaculture operations, integrating their tea bushes into agroforestry systems in which they grow cardamom, fresh vegetables, and raise cows and chickens. Trees prevent soil erosion and maintain habitat for animals that reduce pest pressure, and cows and chickens provide manure that can be used to fertilize crops. By diversifying their production, farmers are also creating more markets for their goods, giving them added financial security.<span style='color:#1F497D'>..</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>These farmers have turned their involvement in the global tea trade into hard assets: schools, clinics, and food-production infrastructure.<span style='color:#1F497D'>..</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I think the lesson here is that global trade in food and agricultural products works best when it’s done in a limited fashion.<span style='color:#1F497D'>"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://feeds.grist.org/click.phdo?i=19ba71db72c5734104d67f0d2bd77262">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-50509428486599209362011-01-20T14:48:00.000-08:002011-01-24T23:31:26.349-08:00Wearing Your Heart/Lungs on Your Sleeve<div class="Section1"><div><div style="border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><i>It's a little ironic that sometimes it takes a clever piece of technology/art to drive the point home that the filthy air we are breathing is actually infiltrating our lungs...</i></span></b><br />
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</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Lam and Ngo's shirts use tiny carbon-monoxide detectors to detect pollutants. When the detectors sniff out pollutants, a microcontroller sends electrical currents through the shirts, heating up wires that run under the internal organs (lungs or heart, depending on the shirt). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">The shirts are made of <a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/fabric-display2.htm" target="_blank">thermochromic fabric </a>that change color as the temperature changes. In this video, Ngo and Lam laser-cut organs out of the fabric:</span></div><div style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"></span></div><div style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKwThfptiFj61xOGUDVWDEi85auqdOBqBr1qmnsmYWcggystkwO0LUWlIoLYpIs2s8UHXvaV0x1gXX-DRKt7tcK_Zg_VbJb-IXEX3cjUhDankj_5nFUEH4YJC-kpL0tT5VPfr_1J0WEyY/s1600/lungs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKwThfptiFj61xOGUDVWDEi85auqdOBqBr1qmnsmYWcggystkwO0LUWlIoLYpIs2s8UHXvaV0x1gXX-DRKt7tcK_Zg_VbJb-IXEX3cjUhDankj_5nFUEH4YJC-kpL0tT5VPfr_1J0WEyY/s640/lungs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></div>Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-86035281179039069982011-01-20T13:09:00.000-08:002011-01-20T13:07:24.580-08:00Tree House for a Child<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> architechnophilia<br> <br> </span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIkpyzwsAo6aHGjIAy6hxxtJWN-N_vrbVkXfj3_SxSnaAlUHC8TxR8XmFZikv8gQ_so0VK64wdxeB_6ssTEL0ZmK4P_1x0Kgy_ZHiMMXNrAoPTRLZNYOgtQ-aI3eVKj2AU0cnATg05d6k/s1600/capture028.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=300 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIkpyzwsAo6aHGjIAy6hxxtJWN-N_vrbVkXfj3_SxSnaAlUHC8TxR8XmFZikv8gQ_so0VK64wdxeB_6ssTEL0ZmK4P_1x0Kgy_ZHiMMXNrAoPTRLZNYOgtQ-aI3eVKj2AU0cnATg05d6k/s400/capture028.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0O9-JprH7M-z1vZpzqW6DLMg7H3WBn-vEjqO85Lq_7DbOleAjRWsYSoKdY7KjbmKyfQDjlSD2XYySdL3EHB23ZlCCK6rkUAjm9VrQJgr04imCdPo2AdhPzDy1K0Ey6TRQQm2_iy3Z-mQ/s1600/capture030.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=323 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0O9-JprH7M-z1vZpzqW6DLMg7H3WBn-vEjqO85Lq_7DbOleAjRWsYSoKdY7KjbmKyfQDjlSD2XYySdL3EHB23ZlCCK6rkUAjm9VrQJgr04imCdPo2AdhPzDy1K0Ey6TRQQm2_iy3Z-mQ/s400/capture030.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA91LcBncy_LXND_TYRAGsNx-0X66d_UZwLAoNbCyf-rC1MQO34_Ut_QgRm1SkrsBReoHqumBMqe0iGHx9N_AVRq9S52M8Vf3zDcYJyQsB7xuQSiiai9mmIrLEFQjPVG5H4pANeq4jsbD2/s1600/capture031.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=245 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA91LcBncy_LXND_TYRAGsNx-0X66d_UZwLAoNbCyf-rC1MQO34_Ut_QgRm1SkrsBReoHqumBMqe0iGHx9N_AVRq9S52M8Vf3zDcYJyQsB7xuQSiiai9mmIrLEFQjPVG5H4pANeq4jsbD2/s400/capture031.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Originally conceived for a site in Monte d'Oro, Rome the Tree House for a Child designed by Italian architect <a href="http://www.3gatti.com/" target="_blank">Francesco Gatti</a> captures the imagination of all with its form and unique approach towards structure.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11444606-1060273669403821856?l=architechnophilia.blogspot.com"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <a href="http://architechnophilia.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-boards-tree-house-for-child.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-78822781370933113212011-01-19T09:20:00.000-08:002011-01-19T09:26:18.153-08:00Coyote Urban<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Landscape+Urbanism<br> <br> </span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"'>A few weeks back, on my way home I spotted in my neighborhood a lone coyote crossing busy 33rd Avenue just north of Fremont. While urban coyotes are not necessarily that out of the ordinary (such as the adventurous multi-modal coyote that <a href="http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2009/02/from-archives-urban-habitat.html">boarded MAX light rail a few years back</a>) but the neighborhood I live is not in proximity to large patches of habitat - even though as you can see from the breakdown of the grid, it is adjacent to the Alameda Ridge - which is not necessarily known as a significant habitat corridor.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbwdfl5Q4fsCie1stOlKZH_1vyfR7jSQmToVtAceG95aXQz8zXtCYKly3X8k-J7F2Bez0LtLVMY-XZZR8TR7WW59yNpoI8qZUoBvzvS0dnGeIq_ToBXpuOe-Avn4o2JeLeRy_4AU3ZWhC/s1600/coyote-02.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=298 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbwdfl5Q4fsCie1stOlKZH_1vyfR7jSQmToVtAceG95aXQz8zXtCYKly3X8k-J7F2Bez0LtLVMY-XZZR8TR7WW59yNpoI8qZUoBvzvS0dnGeIq_ToBXpuOe-Avn4o2JeLeRy_4AU3ZWhC/s400/coyote-02.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>:: image via <a href="http://blogs.opb.org/fieldjournal/2010/12/13/video-shows-wild-coyote-in-portland-in-broad-daylight/">OPB</a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> Our <a href="http://bwna.us/newsletter/2011/JanFeb11.pdf">neighborhood newsletter</a> jogged my memory, as I was only half convinced that it had actually been a coyote I spotted. Turns out, it's not odd, and this particular guy seems wary, but mostly unafraid of humans. Some info from the <a href="http://audubonportland.org/news/godsdog">Portland Audubon Society</a> offers some context to the sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>"Coyotes have lived in Northeast Portland's Alameda Neighborhood for years. Audubon periodically receives reports from neighbors who have observed a coyote hunting mice at dawn in Wilshire Park or stealthily slinking down a neighborhood street as night approaches. It is no surprise that coyotes are there — coyotes, an animal that Navajo sheepherders once referred to as "God's Dog," have established themselves in neighborhoods across Portland just as they have established themselves in cities across North America. Although they are often observed alone, coyotes are pack animals and a pack will establish a territory over an area that can cover several kilometers. Normally they are shy and secretive, and neighbors often do not even realize that they are around."</span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"'>The map below shows a shot of the neighborhood - the spotting occurred around the center of the map - to the southwest of Wilshire Park - the rectangular green space in the upper right quadrant which is about two blocks from our house.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Y8E2vuMYDyWGWlGH8fGUGGCUHCuKCjyFCdQD0wmLXeasScFyMFHYa4-WdJxeTh-ljhXOy0huOn9VGRUPJlthMNUYSGMPfkPsuh1A5JCFbbKxAKaaRzlDm8i269iO_Vwfd9FhjYOvcI28/s1600/alameda.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=230 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Y8E2vuMYDyWGWlGH8fGUGGCUHCuKCjyFCdQD0wmLXeasScFyMFHYa4-WdJxeTh-ljhXOy0huOn9VGRUPJlthMNUYSGMPfkPsuh1A5JCFbbKxAKaaRzlDm8i269iO_Vwfd9FhjYOvcI28/s400/alameda.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> I typically imagine a large(r) predator needing more significant habitat patches, but as mentioned in some <a href="http://audubonportland.org/backyardwildlife/brochures/coyote">factoids from Audubon</a>, coyotes are particularly adaptable and "<i>have demonstrated an ability to survive in the most urbanized environments in cities across North America. Most urban coyotes go about their lives without ever raising awareness of their presence among their human neighbors."</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrFG4O_0abfJG9n-6SgqvNst5PM5QmJfIPSni0WWJos7jL0oX6yE4q0V0qY-LPybqZuwHLM2BgyHo-bOPI-IpiS6luaxxryk28KCGp8NYI3XVZPY3pmYU-DXdgjGm3EO68VKikHqg9CE_/s1600/101105_coyote2_615_0.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=300 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrFG4O_0abfJG9n-6SgqvNst5PM5QmJfIPSni0WWJos7jL0oX6yE4q0V0qY-LPybqZuwHLM2BgyHo-bOPI-IpiS6luaxxryk28KCGp8NYI3XVZPY3pmYU-DXdgjGm3EO68VKikHqg9CE_/s400/101105_coyote2_615_0.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>:: image via <a href="http://northeastportland.katu.com/category/story-categories/urban-wildlife">KATU</a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> The coyotes in Alameda are somewhat interesting and have elicited some very Portland-like responses, such as this <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/alameda_class_keeps_tabs_on_ne.html">elementary school project</a>. It's curious - as I wonder how these aren't spotted, and where they live, as they obviously don't travel to less inhabited places. Due mostly to fear from residents, removal is sometimes recommended - but for the most part it's an issue of humans and wildlife living together, as the coyotes seem to be here to stay:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>"There will likely always be coyotes in the Alameda Neighborhood. New coyotes quickly replace coyotes that have been removed. The only real question is whether human residents will make changes that minimize conflicts with these wild dogs. Kudos to the Alameda residents for responding to their wild neighbors with a balance of caution, appreciation, and most importantly, proactive efforts to address potential conflicts."</span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"'>In addition to some more <a href="http://blogs.opb.org/fieldjournal/2010/12/13/video-shows-wild-coyote-in-portland-in-broad-daylight/">coverage on OPB</a>, there's also a short news blurb from local station KGW.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7568725357534610795-3408732745312229247?l=landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <a href="http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2011/01/coyote-urban.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-19357246841860371792011-01-19T09:16:00.000-08:002011-01-19T09:14:25.918-08:00the Cocoon<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Feed:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> architechnophilia<br> <br> </span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYkxK40_c-TO03vLJYCSDXHOyatWJQ3sNiYu6-b2lreVtnSQ0jdPtg46b0jrKovreYJr-o5IrHzgedBuwFWGEJiVOEPxSwj3lThGQHp5t3-itTOybH4-RZr-2SONcyGKJdeFEpnbKwF5q/s1600/cocoon-1.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=250 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYkxK40_c-TO03vLJYCSDXHOyatWJQ3sNiYu6-b2lreVtnSQ0jdPtg46b0jrKovreYJr-o5IrHzgedBuwFWGEJiVOEPxSwj3lThGQHp5t3-itTOybH4-RZr-2SONcyGKJdeFEpnbKwF5q/s400/cocoon-1.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDTe8HER-f8CFE7LDXXVwDo9BL3ybB4c-BwL7sBA_uYHfRD_eG5g3smQSAlDLGrm9kRq0tUkvBjv3FNACg6IKXsCyGZic44ZFjUB5_F9LW6Xg2jYcJ47keDz6Dph75H81eOxTOKu-ejpe/s1600/cocoon-2.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=250 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDTe8HER-f8CFE7LDXXVwDo9BL3ybB4c-BwL7sBA_uYHfRD_eG5g3smQSAlDLGrm9kRq0tUkvBjv3FNACg6IKXsCyGZic44ZFjUB5_F9LW6Xg2jYcJ47keDz6Dph75H81eOxTOKu-ejpe/s400/cocoon-2.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERcXznyyK_h-MVGy1Hai6HlyzcnxadMDFBSD0Erej9Y5wsBDj00nnEvmISWYLA3S6ZZf3XFg5isF3JGR_rU9bDioUyuEfBe4_RrucpO8kwqxti1iegJAkcx4PQKpudTdUQ6GCUJcDI0fp/s1600/cocoon-3.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=250 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERcXznyyK_h-MVGy1Hai6HlyzcnxadMDFBSD0Erej9Y5wsBDj00nnEvmISWYLA3S6ZZf3XFg5isF3JGR_rU9bDioUyuEfBe4_RrucpO8kwqxti1iegJAkcx4PQKpudTdUQ6GCUJcDI0fp/s400/cocoon-3.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.dusarchitects.com/" target="_blank">DUS Architects</a> has created the Cocoon- an interactive lounge that inhabits the lobby at the Delft Faculty of Architecture. The flexible skin, measuring 32m<sup>3</sup> is constructed of 150 inner bicycle tubes, measuring 20 meters each that can be inflated separately, responds both to user and spectator, adding to a new dimension to all types of environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11444606-446816585110949615?l=architechnophilia.blogspot.com"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <a href="http://architechnophilia.blogspot.com/2010/11/cocoon.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-82918588529514155542011-01-19T09:09:00.000-08:002011-01-19T09:08:05.750-08:00CLEANER AIR<div class=Section1> <div> <div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> architechnophilia<br> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DwRtygVkwGCQLLKAxCcjEqlQowbaCEp05W4UBOti086W3NN3baZ7Ut8-qiESVxIc9EAKFz7HJFsMGeckpSRfIQ9p1uo5mNWgo0z-Jt4JXOXex-UttqR3YPz_Q9nyx8eR5n3ec40LbmpC/s1600/capture015.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=271 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3DwRtygVkwGCQLLKAxCcjEqlQowbaCEp05W4UBOti086W3NN3baZ7Ut8-qiESVxIc9EAKFz7HJFsMGeckpSRfIQ9p1uo5mNWgo0z-Jt4JXOXex-UttqR3YPz_Q9nyx8eR5n3ec40LbmpC/s400/capture015.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SbthzBC1awuQsO7Mx_df2xfE0h_MN6M2eP2WiUr_zg0BnKtpcH9rfyhmdysrNTFpcL6UVPH-b1ypUdAQOuNWFsNtZXrNF13nmnJx0cb3GkEm9FBBtkZlnnnMyeZ1S-t7FpKLcidcteKL/s1600/capture002.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=241 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SbthzBC1awuQsO7Mx_df2xfE0h_MN6M2eP2WiUr_zg0BnKtpcH9rfyhmdysrNTFpcL6UVPH-b1ypUdAQOuNWFsNtZXrNF13nmnJx0cb3GkEm9FBBtkZlnnnMyeZ1S-t7FpKLcidcteKL/s400/capture002.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAAq8aQM2RCg2NlDgLWAp5sxQg8f-KxL_d_60jaIwm05ZpjOsjaY3JwjMNtsO7f2Tr6K4XEIXZn4FmeRvx7CyThdkOK4pjZh2UBAMk57m1tgM-SsSs5ToGP7MfmPnMi-8sOptIne15m14/s1600/capture014.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=233 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAAq8aQM2RCg2NlDgLWAp5sxQg8f-KxL_d_60jaIwm05ZpjOsjaY3JwjMNtsO7f2Tr6K4XEIXZn4FmeRvx7CyThdkOK4pjZh2UBAMk57m1tgM-SsSs5ToGP7MfmPnMi-8sOptIne15m14/s400/capture014.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Designed by architecture collaborative <a href="http://leadpencilstudio.com/" target="_blank">Lead Pencil Studio</a> (Annie Han | Daniel Mihalyo), the site specific art installation built along the US-Canadian border takes the concept from the many billboards located in the area. The edges that give emphasis to an open rectangle advertising nothing, but cleaner air.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11444606-1725408987208690522?l=architechnophilia.blogspot.com"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <a href="http://architechnophilia.blogspot.com/2011/01/installation-non-sign-ii.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-1399090476903724402011-01-19T08:56:00.000-08:002011-01-19T08:54:58.894-08:00Vertical Zoo<div class=Section1> <div> <div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Veg.itecture<br> <b>Subject:</b> One more from the Zoo<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Another proposal that I really liked from the <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/87342/buenos-aires-vertical-zoo-competition-proposal-oglo/">Vertical Zoo competition</a> was recently shown on <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/87342/buenos-aires-vertical-zoo-competition-proposal-oglo/">Arch Daily</a> - 'Hollow Tower' by the French firm <a href="http://www.oglo.fr/">Oglo</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9stK0ISnNq8awMTgHOWhgQDPrKGJ8j6KGLOp87RPyt2KEI4bNO8yzzhSwq_orlVEDKl3rPSOFPSp_lVlWlkitB6QnWnF6ofnUnFvDwYS0oPECR-CuPLCIA5f5x9O6GtPmp8WAjej_Nwk/s1600/1288996737-image1-credits-oglo-528x303.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=228 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9stK0ISnNq8awMTgHOWhgQDPrKGJ8j6KGLOp87RPyt2KEI4bNO8yzzhSwq_orlVEDKl3rPSOFPSp_lVlWlkitB6QnWnF6ofnUnFvDwYS0oPECR-CuPLCIA5f5x9O6GtPmp8WAjej_Nwk/s400/1288996737-image1-credits-oglo-528x303.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>:: image via <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/87342/buenos-aires-vertical-zoo-competition-proposal-oglo/">Arch Daily</a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <br> From the architect's <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/87342/buenos-aires-vertical-zoo-competition-proposal-oglo/">description</a>: <i>"In opposite of the strong external shape, the inside space is designed by the digging of the rocky mass. This void is moved in levitation above the ground of the ecological reserve, like a vertical receptacle of life, of the fauna and the flora, like a reserve in the reserve. The tower's cavities receive the different animals species of the zoo, matched in independents ecosystems around the central void."</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbK0aJJM9KhUzmWOZX-1PwfHDWZWcP6H8kr19KVk1PiPR648nNdrQVL2ph5F5zqFJ2VQTXlzgNJn_cd6JF8fuYvYCh_K2hYvA6yPO-eEQ_ks_IirDKhOqSctr5lyJMCMHvr1LI08gm2g/s1600/1288996741-image2-credits-oglo-528x351.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=265 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbK0aJJM9KhUzmWOZX-1PwfHDWZWcP6H8kr19KVk1PiPR648nNdrQVL2ph5F5zqFJ2VQTXlzgNJn_cd6JF8fuYvYCh_K2hYvA6yPO-eEQ_ks_IirDKhOqSctr5lyJMCMHvr1LI08gm2g/s400/1288996741-image2-credits-oglo-528x351.jpg"></span></a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BhrcUiAk0SIl5jtsOxmGWzX91bD6neK5LCvmnTtSZjmk_svelIpoqBOc3XymEvHag6HjY5ynVlx3s9tjApAJRTWKks-RC9CfQzeEYem0VSxCCoYFzZCsrXnQ3cAht8MW9-bPoq0EUNU/s1600/1288996752-section-credits-oglo-528x313.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=236 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BhrcUiAk0SIl5jtsOxmGWzX91bD6neK5LCvmnTtSZjmk_svelIpoqBOc3XymEvHag6HjY5ynVlx3s9tjApAJRTWKks-RC9CfQzeEYem0VSxCCoYFzZCsrXnQ3cAht8MW9-bPoq0EUNU/s400/1288996752-section-credits-oglo-528x313.jpg"></span></a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>:: images via <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/87342/buenos-aires-vertical-zoo-competition-proposal-oglo/">Arch Daily</a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/877860928131868085-3617559903707723473?l=www.vegitecture.net"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <a href="http://www.vegitecture.net/2010/11/one-more-from-zoo.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-31288514611454674172011-01-18T10:49:00.000-08:002011-01-18T10:48:15.040-08:00FW: Architect's Brother<div class=Section1> <div> <div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Feed:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Landscape+Urbanism<br> <b>Posted on:</b> Tuesday, December 28, 2010 6:24 PM<br> <b>Author:</b> noreply@blogger.com (Jason King)<br> <b>Subject:</b> Architect's Brother<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"'>Stunning work by artists <a href="http://www.parkeharrison.com/index.html">Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison</a> worth checking out (link via the always great <a href="http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2010/12/architects-brother-by-robert-and-shana-parkeharrison/">Landezine</a>). Not a whole lot of descriptions around to place these - so just soak them in - more at the artists website. Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIGTQh4aFpHoLrvMjXMLk7bpN2J1_uRGyd8EABWnr0VQoVcvsMDYpwFesDtI33bdTEmMVr2XGIPL4el2qVbOnzw9NrgySgocQX2W0UKjXwQKB-Rn8Zvx2pv7zewofV51onV3xMjDxHhlj/s1600/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_05.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=335 height=400 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIGTQh4aFpHoLrvMjXMLk7bpN2J1_uRGyd8EABWnr0VQoVcvsMDYpwFesDtI33bdTEmMVr2XGIPL4el2qVbOnzw9NrgySgocQX2W0UKjXwQKB-Rn8Zvx2pv7zewofV51onV3xMjDxHhlj/s400/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_05.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXetzt6g4eHBew973WHG27GbCFbWALBfL9mm-8EBSuKB7I3g1zYhMNTsng6VNcwhoTp4cqI1Gc8G8O5F4JQi2MNdY4FdtmZ8qk9Pgu9MPsfus4CLybZYXQzAqdmWBpLhQ996yFr8FNp_ZC/s1600/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_08.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=307 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXetzt6g4eHBew973WHG27GbCFbWALBfL9mm-8EBSuKB7I3g1zYhMNTsng6VNcwhoTp4cqI1Gc8G8O5F4JQi2MNdY4FdtmZ8qk9Pgu9MPsfus4CLybZYXQzAqdmWBpLhQ996yFr8FNp_ZC/s400/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_08.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3VeYfG6HlPMf7yfIwikvAOOJWq99WKqqeZz9ovpfJqI-XsG2duGv701JZyw_3yvZ4eghPUnfwpzVhpPFtuwsI3wHUK-NREtH0ffkPe7m5n9f7tZMsK3a0NkRxweEgRSavlVAY9OZl2tL/s1600/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_11.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=341 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3VeYfG6HlPMf7yfIwikvAOOJWq99WKqqeZz9ovpfJqI-XsG2duGv701JZyw_3yvZ4eghPUnfwpzVhpPFtuwsI3wHUK-NREtH0ffkPe7m5n9f7tZMsK3a0NkRxweEgRSavlVAY9OZl2tL/s400/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_11.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_N7avvSXVY9n0eSFB7YNLKhRYkgI8XfWdt6mpzHWxR65CAjjveqt6WUJ1lf44iLMmqGBKb-H2jytaKPObc1LvTUBH415RQ613x7l_ox6O4mmsVchX34KeVVlDwD0M4puDzD_DgXTIhr2/s1600/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_14-600x500.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=332 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_N7avvSXVY9n0eSFB7YNLKhRYkgI8XfWdt6mpzHWxR65CAjjveqt6WUJ1lf44iLMmqGBKb-H2jytaKPObc1LvTUBH415RQ613x7l_ox6O4mmsVchX34KeVVlDwD0M4puDzD_DgXTIhr2/s400/ParkeHarrison_architects_brother_14-600x500.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:7.5pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>:: images via <a href="http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2010/12/architects-brother-by-robert-and-shana-parkeharrison/">Landezine</a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7568725357534610795-5045947914775416427?l=landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <a href="http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2010/12/architects-brother.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-86106805654626970752011-01-18T10:45:00.000-08:002011-01-18T10:44:05.734-08:00blog wunderlust : 17 January 2011<div class=Section1> <div> <div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Feed:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> architechnophilia<br> <b>Posted on:</b> Monday, January 17, 2011 10:26 AM<br> <b>Author:</b> mad.architect@gmail.com (mad architect)<br> <b>Subject:</b> blog wunderlust : 17 January 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9wtw_VK_W5J3_bwQz-i4QKogCisz0d_HaTAEiLC0u0ojuee4bgujMtP3fRUa3ClKtOlygKrKKhh2BzC4KbOxZqM3dqi857z8xwoZiQumfgGEep0R2clSFYTxOzjikG4hWxk5x61yZydC/s1600/oscar_niemeyer_portrait.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=351 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9wtw_VK_W5J3_bwQz-i4QKogCisz0d_HaTAEiLC0u0ojuee4bgujMtP3fRUa3ClKtOlygKrKKhh2BzC4KbOxZqM3dqi857z8xwoZiQumfgGEep0R2clSFYTxOzjikG4hWxk5x61yZydC/s400/oscar_niemeyer_portrait.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine."<o:p></o:p></span></p> </blockquote> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Oscar Niemeyer</span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11444606-3615256136433655389?l=architechnophilia.blogspot.com"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br> <a href="http://architechnophilia.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-wunderlust-17-january-2011.html">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> Urban Harvesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058598775097266915.post-5617885374688468202011-01-18T03:53:00.001-08:002011-01-18T04:08:23.690-08:00Not So Brutish?<div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 10px; overflow: auto; width: 100%;"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0;"><div><a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2011/01/medieval-england-twice-as-well-off-as-todays-poorest-nations.html" target="_blank">Medieval England twice as well off as today's poorest nations</a></div></h2><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;">via <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/" target="_blank">No Tech Magazine</a> by kris de decker on 1/10/11</div><br />
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Research led by economists at the University of Warwick reveals that medieval England was not only far more prosperous than previously believed, it also actually boasted an average income that would be more than double the average per capita income of the world's poorest nations today.<br />
<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/uow-met120510.php" target="_blank">Summary</a> & <a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/academic/broadberry/wp/britishgdplongrun8a.pdf" target="_blank">full paper</a> (pdf): "British Economic Growth 1270-1870", Stephen Broadberry & others, University of Warwick.<br />
Previously: they did not <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/04/has-there-been-progress-since-1250-ii.html" target="_blank">work</a> that <a href="http://www.notechmagazine.com/2010/04/has-there-been-progress-since-1250.html" target="_blank">hard</a> in those days, either.<br />
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