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Dedicated to Occupy L.A. & the Occupy Movement 13 Nov 2011 | 05:49 pm
The question posed to the Occupy movement is, “What are your demands?” Terrorists make demands and since Occupy is not a movement of terrorists, why dignify the inane question by a response that would...
Pattern Literacy and the Landscape Trade, pt. 2 (aka ‘Goodbye to all that’) 6 Nov 2011 | 05:32 pm
Rather than use hyperbole for literary effect that would lead you to believe that I’m prone to fabrication, I’m letting the story that the e-mail tells exemplify more social patterns in the extreme to...
Pattern Literacy and the Landscape Trade, pt. 2 (aka ‘Goodbye to all that’) 6 Nov 2011 | 12:32 pm
Rather than use hyperbole for literary effect that would lead you to believe that I’m prone to fabrication, I’m letting the story that the e-mail tells exemplify more social patterns in the extreme to...
Pattern Literacy and the Landscape Trade, pt. 1 (aka ‘Goodbye to all that’) 31 Oct 2011 | 05:24 pm
What patterns did I notice in the landscape trade? For one, I observed an addiction to collecting knowledge. Not wisdom – knowledge. People can stuff their heads full of the stuff and never apply it f...
Pattern Literacy and the Landscape Trade, pt. 1 (aka ‘Goodbye to all that’) 31 Oct 2011 | 01:24 pm
What patterns did I notice in the landscape trade? For one, I observed an addiction to collecting knowledge. Not wisdom – knowledge. People can stuff their heads full of the stuff and never apply it f...
Getting over the ‘ewwww’ factor 5 Jan 2011 | 06:11 am
When conservation, biodiversity and habitat preservation non-profit groups promote their causes, they know full well that people tend to relate best to charismatic creatures that fit their subjective ...
The Dirt on Trash 21 Oct 2010 | 06:25 am
Check this out: Just in case the embedded video doesn’t work or show up, here’s the link: http://whoknew.news.yahoo.com/?vid=22530921 Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2010 Wendy Talaro
Why one-size-fits-all garden designs don’t fit all sizes 5 Aug 2010 | 04:43 am
In February 2010, the City of Santa Monica sponsored an Airport Demonstration Gardens Design Contest. A contact in Santa Monica nudged me to submit a design and she lit the proverbial fire under my bo...
Microlending – one tool that communities can use to restore economic health 30 Jul 2010 | 10:44 pm
On July 28th, the New York Times published an article about the rise of microlending. For years, microlending has been considered an economic staple in “developing” countries. (Of course, the next que...
Sustainability – not just for white folks anymore 11 Jul 2010 | 12:18 pm
Working in and around Los Angeles continues to bring us into contact with those who affiliate with the “green” moniker, whatever it might mean to them. Make no mistake – as socially diverse as Los Ang...
