genius genius genius
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May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013
Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into the city’s first food forest.
“This is totally innovative, and has never been done before in a public park,” Margarett Harrison, lead landscape architect for the Beacon Food Forest project, tells TakePart. Harrison is working on construction and permit drawings now and expects to break ground this summer.
The concept of a food forest certainly pushes the envelope on urban agriculture and is grounded in the concept of permaculture, which means it will be perennial and self-sustaining, like a forest is in the wild. Not only is this forest Seattle’s first large-scale permaculture project, but it’s also believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.
Way cool. So Seattle.
Reblogging to remember to show my urban sustainability obsessed significant other
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May 21, 2013
If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”
Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.
“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”
The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.
He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.
From top to bottom:
Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).
Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.
Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.
The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.
Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).
Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).
Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).
Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.
Ugh I miss my grandma and her cooking.
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May 21, 2013
Kathleen “writes every paper the morning it’s due” Murphy.
May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
Why does no one I know keep up with Mad Men, I need someone to talk to about that acid trip of an episode
May 20, 2013
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I honestly could care less about tumblr changing in order to appease this corporate transaction,
I just don’t want one under-qualified woman’s poor business decisions to become the go-to example of why women shouldn’t be…
I can see where you’re coming from, but it would be impossible to make my point (that the media is going to hold this women as the standard, good or bad, for all women in upper management) without at some point mentioning her gender. In a perfect world she would be analyzed as a stand alone case, but because women at that level of executive power are so rare she will be used as an example of how female CEOs conduct business.
No need to thank me, you brought up entirely valid points and help me articulate myself more clearly. If anything I should be thanking you, I love a good debate and this is the first time in a while I’ve had one so intelligent and civil. Gold stars all around!
May 19, 2013
I honestly could care less about tumblr changing in order to appease this corporate transaction,
I just don’t want one under-qualified woman’s poor business decisions to become the go-to example of why women shouldn’t be in upper management.I mean, how do you know this was a poor business decision? Maybe you know something I don’t about it, but I’m not sure there’s enough information available at the moment to make that conclusion.
Also, making someone a spokesperson for our gender solely because they share our gender isn’t really fair and, in my opinion, works against equality. In short, making it a point to mention that she’s a woman in your analysis of her actions seems, to me, to be equivalent to judging the actions of a person based primarily on their gender.
My point wasn’t to critique her as a manager based on gender, being a woman is completely irrelevant to her skills as a CEO. My point was that she was underqualified to begin with and major publications are going to unfairly attribute any potentially poor decision she makes to her being a women and by extension women in business as a whole, rather than the more legitimate reason of her lack of corporate managerial experience. It’s not fair by any means, but I’ve seen enough articles questioning women’s competency in the workplace to know that that’s how the media is going to spin the story.
And you’re right, for all we know at this point this could very well save Yahoo and Tumblr, I’m merely projecting the outcome based on similar cases of social network buy-outs in the past and the fiscal situation of both companies presently. But I by no means know of all of the variables and shouldn’t assume that this was a bad move for either company at this time.
May 19, 2013
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