Parade

Vandaag de zoveelste foto in de krant van de instorting van de auto-industrie. Dit keer een terrein van Hyundai in de Zuid-Koreaanse stad Ulsane dat vol staat met voor de export bestemde auto's. De vlakken, het ritme en de enorme hoeveelheid doen me steeds denken aan de communistische parades in Noord-Korea - kapitalisme versus communisme. Was ook wel weer toe aan wat kleur.......

Car Harbor

Engeland produceerde in 2008 1,9 miljoen personenauto's en bestelbusjes, waarvan 75% voor de export.

Aarde

Getaway starts here - Graceful Simplicity
Only a few years ago, futurist Gerald Celente called voluntary simplicity one of the strongest trends of the ‘90s. But now, he says, the trends are all in the opposite direction. For example, the amount of living space per person in the United States has doubled since 1970. At the same time, we now have 40 times as many commercial self-storage facilities – to take care of all the extra stuff that still won't fit in the extra living space.

Despite the United States' economic abundance, "the good life" has proved elusive. Millions long for more time for friends and family, for reading or walking or relaxing. Instead our lives are frantic, hectic, and harried. In Graceful Simplicity, Jerome M. Segal, philosopher, political activist, and former staff member of the House Budget Committee, expands and deepens the contemporary discourse on simple living. He articulates his conception of a politics of simplicity—one rooted in beauty, peace of mind, appreciativeness, and generosity of spirit.

economy I

industry eiland
Ontwerp voor industiegebied-eiland in Noordzee. Voordeel: geen lelijke industrie meer in woongebieden. Om de twee werken op het eiland en 2 weken vrij in een natuurlijke omgeving.

New Garden of Eve

import - export

God tells Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but beguiled by the serpent, first Eve and then Adam eat the forbidden fruit. Adopting the perspective of modern critics of consumer culture, we might say that Adam and Eve were seduced by the serpent who is history’s first huckster, suckering them into overconsumption. When they had limited desires, they were content. Then the serpent intervened and flashed the shiny fruit; he induced new desires, and with that they got into trouble.

Tekst uit: 'Are we simple creatures?' van Jerome M. Segal

economy

city centre
Schets voor stad in meerdere lagen.