Was nun? Kimberley und Raphael sind zurück aus Tahiti. Ich möchte mich für die großartige Arbeit, die sie vor Ort geleistet haben, recht herzlich bedanken und bin gespannt, auf ihr endgültiges Resümee. Kimberleys Einträge werden mir fehlen. Sie waren nicht nur in der Sache interessant, sie haben mich auch immer wieder amüsiert. Ich mochte die…
Travelling Los Angeles Topics of the day: customs, taro, crutches, Berliner, pilot, student, bus, melting pot, beach, architect Although I absolutely hate flying (I didn’t get sick this time) the time went by quite fast (thanks to the lack of sleep I had accumulated over the last week) and felt a bit down (bad conscience…
Au revoir Tahiti Pape’ete Topics of the day: Musée de Tahiti, final things to do, leaving on a jetplane This morning I went to pick up the pictures and get another something at the market I’d forgotten yesterday. Roti, Hinano and I went to the Musée de Tahiti – they had planned on going anyway…
Saying goodbye Pape’ete Topics of the day: wind turbines, market, time to say goodbye When I woke up I was slightly disoriented – the sun’s up – why didn’t I wake up? Oh, no Raphael missed his flight! His mosquito-net is gone… all his stuff is gone. Okay it’s just me – I seem to…
Time to Pack Pape’ete Topics of the day: Mahé, health care, TNTV, farewell-dinner Today I got some pictures developed and met Mahé who is working on a research project about economics and lagoon preservation in Mo’orea for an NGO that seems to have slightly similar goals to the Equilibrism e.V. (at least in terms of…
So schnell wie die Wirklichkeit ist keine Fiktion Auch für die Zukunftstechnologien gilt, dass die Grenzen des Wachstums erreicht sind. Die Hightech-Metalle Indium, Gallium, Tellur, Tantal oder Neodym, die zur Herstellung von Mobiltelefonen, Flachbildschirmen, Satellitentechnik und anderem Schnickschnack benötigt werden, gehen aus. Das berichtet das Berliner Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung (IZT)… Eigentlich könnte man…
Eric Bihl, Chantre de l’“équilibrisme“ Il envisage de faire de la Polynésie la vitrine mondiale d’un nouveau système, l’équilibrisme Den kompletten Artikel (französische Sprache) finden Sie hier (.pdf).
Invitation to an Assemblée Pape’ete Pape’ete Topics of the day: Assemblée, daily duties, land reform Today we were invited to the French Polynesian Assemblée (parliament) by two of the representatives. They wanted to know more about the Tahiti project and our work in particular. I would say they seemed relatively interested but regretted that Eric…
Mobility Topics of the day: writing, European Mobility week, mobilizing people, writing Today I had a lot to catch up on blog entries and e-mails, corrected a stack of leaflets (we’d printed too many for the last bike action) and Raphael, Roti and I cycled downtown to distribute them – advertise for the one next…
Mountains Pape’ete Topics of the day: Bye-bye civilization, hiking, farewell-dinner Robert decided that he should take at least a few hours to experience the nicer side of the island so I decided to join him for a hike. We almost made it up to the clouds – but not quite to the top (maybe up…