KunstlerCast #164: Landscape Urbanism - Part 1
JHK Critiques Charles Waldheim's Remarks
(For reference: Watch Charles Waldheim’s Presentation at the Closing Plenary of CNU 19)
The Landscape Urbanism Reader
Related:
Livable Cities Don't Have Freeways
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Could I hack it?
How 1 MILLION Pounds Of Organic Food Can Be Produced On 3 Acres. (A vid on Growing Power)
Related:
Transforming a Barren Landscape into a Permaculture Farm (Rainbow Valley Farm; a video)
I could get excited about being a book editor, especially books in theology or philosophy, but when reminded about the future it seems rather futile. If I could make a modest living doing some farming... but that takes a lot of start-up capital. So if I do get asked that question, what do I foresee myself doing in the future, should I be honest and say, "I'd like to work for a sustainable farming operation?"
Related:
Transforming a Barren Landscape into a Permaculture Farm (Rainbow Valley Farm; a video)
I could get excited about being a book editor, especially books in theology or philosophy, but when reminded about the future it seems rather futile. If I could make a modest living doing some farming... but that takes a lot of start-up capital. So if I do get asked that question, what do I foresee myself doing in the future, should I be honest and say, "I'd like to work for a sustainable farming operation?"
Harry Potter
The movie is out, fans are lining up to watch it and being emotional. A classic for the ages (I mean the books, not the movies.) Is he the hero for our children? There are plenty of Catholics who love the story. At least with respect to the "subjective" response, Harry Potter is not much different from Lord of the Ring, though arguably the latter is more in line with a Catholic world view.
A reactionary would talk about the loss of oral culture. I have something on the works dealing with legends and heroes, and this is a reminder that I should spend more time on that.
People across the world may be united by what they consume -- but what impact does the reading of literature really have on us. For adults it may be a light diversion. For children, during their moral formative stage, literature can have a much greater influence. Do we not have real-life heroes to celebrate instead? A pious Catholic may refer to the saints. But what sort of stories are we able to tell about the saints that would be inspiring to children, and to boys in particular, who want something that appeals to their desire for adventure and great deeds?
A reactionary would talk about the loss of oral culture. I have something on the works dealing with legends and heroes, and this is a reminder that I should spend more time on that.
People across the world may be united by what they consume -- but what impact does the reading of literature really have on us. For adults it may be a light diversion. For children, during their moral formative stage, literature can have a much greater influence. Do we not have real-life heroes to celebrate instead? A pious Catholic may refer to the saints. But what sort of stories are we able to tell about the saints that would be inspiring to children, and to boys in particular, who want something that appeals to their desire for adventure and great deeds?
A Case For Government by Wilson Carey McWilliams ·
The author relies much upon Tocqueville. Too much? I think he misdiagnoses the American problem.
The author relies much upon Tocqueville. Too much? I think he misdiagnoses the American problem.
Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
My post last year about Qiu Jin. There is now a Chinese movie about her, apparently more fantasy than fact. Twitch has the trailer. The HK movies of the 80s and 90s with Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Khan, and Cynthia Rothrock and those that followed were transpositions of the heroines of wuxia/kung fu movies that came before to the modern era. The heroines were more of a fantasy for males than an ideal for females, probably. But when you couple the image of a woman kicking-ass that is possible only in movies with a historical figure who was arguably China's first feminist, what is the result but ideology for the masses?
Friday, July 15, 2011
New Leonardo da Vinci Painting Verified, 'Salvator Mundi' (via Fr. BL)
This undated handout photo provided by Robert Simon, shows a painting recently authenticated as the work of Leonardo da Vinci. "Salvator Mundi," dating to around 1500, will be on display at the National Gallery in the fall as part of a larger exhibition on the Renaissance artist, the London museum said Monday, July 11, 2011. It depicts a half-length figure of Christ with one hand raised in blessing and the other holding an orb. (AP/Daylife)
This undated handout photo provided by Robert Simon, shows a painting recently authenticated as the work of Leonardo da Vinci. "Salvator Mundi," dating to around 1500, will be on display at the National Gallery in the fall as part of a larger exhibition on the Renaissance artist, the London museum said Monday, July 11, 2011. It depicts a half-length figure of Christ with one hand raised in blessing and the other holding an orb. (AP/Daylife)
A comment by Susan at The Archdruid Report:
I work in the financial services industry, and I can tell you without reservation that it is all a big crock of $#!+... If you can get your local financial planner to have a few drinks he might just tell you what a big game it all is.
Starting about two years ago (just after the financial meltdown of 2008), several hedge fund managers that my company deals with started telling us that we should advise our clients to start thinking seriously about getting out of municipal bonds and into buying arable land, preferrably a safe distance away from the nearest big city.
At first I thought they were just being paranoid, but when they walked us through the numbers it became obvious that they understood early on that our whole economic system is going to collapse (not might collapse, or could collapse, but WILL collapse).
How that collapse will happen is the subject of great debate. Depression and deflation is what lots of people, including Mr. Bernanke, seem to fear the most, but it could go the other way just as easily.
The least politically painful way out of our current mess is to simply print money. Sure, it destroys savings, leads to hyperinflation, and ultimately results in massive social upheavals, but it doesn't require anyone to pay more taxes or accept cuts in their entitlements before the next election, or the next one after that. Thus the politicians get to keep their jobs for a few more years, or at least until the mob comes and stands them up against that proverbial wall...
Then the new government, which still owns most of our mortgages (through Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac), as well as millions of acres of federal land, can issue new money backed up by land (instead of gold or other commodities). This is what Germany did in the 1920s after their terrible wheelbarrow inflation. Look up something called the rentenmark.
Slightly off subject, I recently finished reading The Long Descent, and I am now about half-way through The Ecotechnic Future. Wow, I think you pretty well nailed it.
PCI: The End of Cheap Coal by Richard Heinberg and David Fridley (EB)
Hrm, wasn't this posted when the article was originally published. It may have been another version of the article by Richard Heinberg.
Hrm, wasn't this posted when the article was originally published. It may have been another version of the article by Richard Heinberg.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The passing of Old Europe?
People in traditional clothes move the coffin of Otto von Habsburg-Lothringen from the St. Ulrich chapel to the St. Pius chapel for the requiem in Poecking near lake Starnberg July 9, 2011. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, the eldest son of the last Austrian emperor who became a champion of European unity, died aged 98 at his home in Germany on July 4, 2011. (Reuters/Daylife)
The coffin of Otto von Habsburg-Lothringen stands in a chapel in Poecking near lake Starnberg July 5, 2011. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, the eldest son of the last Austrian emperor who became a champion of European unity, died aged 98 at his home in Germany on Monday. (Reuters/Daylife)
Air Guard member named one of Air Force's top 12
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Orrell
National Guard Bureau
Air Force Staff Sgt. John Norris, a tactical air control party specialist with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 193rd Special Operations Wing, works alongside Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division during his deployment to the Kunar province, Afghanistan in late 2010. Air Force officials announced July 14, 2011 that Norris was selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. (Courtesy photo)
Why does tac air controller get multicam while the 101st soldiers are stuck with ACUs?
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Orrell
National Guard Bureau
Air Force Staff Sgt. John Norris, a tactical air control party specialist with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 193rd Special Operations Wing, works alongside Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division during his deployment to the Kunar province, Afghanistan in late 2010. Air Force officials announced July 14, 2011 that Norris was selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. (Courtesy photo)
Why does tac air controller get multicam while the 101st soldiers are stuck with ACUs?
Let California go down the tubes
Heather MacDonald, Less Academics, More Narcissism
The University of California is cutting back on many things, but not useless diversity programs.
University of California
Why the h*** not? They made their bed, let them go lie in it.
The University of California is cutting back on many things, but not useless diversity programs.
University of California
Why the h*** not? They made their bed, let them go lie in it.
Thanks to our "Catholic" governor Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown signs bill requiring schools to teach gay history (via VFR)
The Atlantic Wire
At least parents can opt their children out of sex ed. This is just one more legitimation of homosexuality, and if the decision on Proposition 8 is maintained, you can bet that addition to civic orthodoxy will be strengthened. Catholic parents should withdraw their children from public schools, let's see what happens as a result. How many of them could afford it? And what are the California bishops doing? Time to be more assertive and stop pretending we live under a "free," "neutral" regime.
The Atlantic Wire
At least parents can opt their children out of sex ed. This is just one more legitimation of homosexuality, and if the decision on Proposition 8 is maintained, you can bet that addition to civic orthodoxy will be strengthened. Catholic parents should withdraw their children from public schools, let's see what happens as a result. How many of them could afford it? And what are the California bishops doing? Time to be more assertive and stop pretending we live under a "free," "neutral" regime.
Why do humans congregate in big cities?
Gene Logsdon, The Contrary Farmer, Mulligan Books
One of life’s mysteries for me is why country people have inevitably migrated to the cities in every civilization that I have studied. In the United States, where there has been little of the kind of violent upheavals that send third world countries into instability, the reasons for migration to cities seem especially specious to me.
I remember Dr. Marshner proclaiming his love of the city once during class. Mr. Logsdon writes:
A group of families living together can advance in their cultivation of the virtues and arts, and there is the aspect of leisure and communal festivity that Mr. Logsdon alludes to, as well as just plain living together. (Dr. Marshner, on the other hand, seemed to be referring to the presence of "culture," concerts and such.) This is different from the phenomenon of mass urbanization today, in which people abandon farming in search of a better living.
mass urbanization and the new Metropolis
Gene Logsdon, The Contrary Farmer, Mulligan Books
One of life’s mysteries for me is why country people have inevitably migrated to the cities in every civilization that I have studied. In the United States, where there has been little of the kind of violent upheavals that send third world countries into instability, the reasons for migration to cities seem especially specious to me.
I remember Dr. Marshner proclaiming his love of the city once during class. Mr. Logsdon writes:
Sometimes I think the ideal life occurred in Europe (probably other places too) before the two world wars wrecked the old agrarian life there. Unlike in America, where farmers established themselves on homesteads dotted out all over the countryside some distance from each other, European farmers preferred to live in villages, and to go out daily to their farms around the village. There was little chance to feel isolated or bored and lonely because in the evenings they all gathered on doorsteps or street corners or more likely in the taverns, and enjoyed the camaraderie, true social security, pastimes and amusements of communal life.
A group of families living together can advance in their cultivation of the virtues and arts, and there is the aspect of leisure and communal festivity that Mr. Logsdon alludes to, as well as just plain living together. (Dr. Marshner, on the other hand, seemed to be referring to the presence of "culture," concerts and such.) This is different from the phenomenon of mass urbanization today, in which people abandon farming in search of a better living.
mass urbanization and the new Metropolis
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