Recovering Pape’ete Topics of the day: reading, depression, optimism I read and contemplated all day – was so depressed that I almost drowned in Weltschmerz (thanks Dirk 😉 but then read Eric and Volker’s positive vision of the future (Equilibrism) and thought about Dirk’s more recent novel (Das Tahiti Projekt) which made me feel a…
Fossil Fool Pape’ete Topics of the day: météo, Jacky Bryant, borders, meat Today we went to météo France again to get some data which we were still missing – now we only need to stick it into that program to simulate the ideal mix of renewables for Tahiti (okay, it won’t be quite that simple…
Spending too much time thinking about an Eco-Dictatorship Aute II – Pape’ete, Tahiti Topics of the day: understanding the world, moving to Pape’ete As presumptuous as it may sound – I think I’ve understood the world (at least roughly) – it’s so shockingly obvious! We’re wrecking the planet but no one wants to take responsibility.…
It’s raining cats and dogs – A good day for Hydropower Aute II, Tahiti Topics of the day: gloomy day, rain, reading I felt a bit drained today – we didn’t do much (not too sure what Raphael did – I think he wrote some e-mails and read/looked at the files we got from our…
Solar Radiation – Exploitable Point Venus, Tahiti Topics of the day: beach, eco-dictatorship, suntan-lotion and coral reefs, Thede, public participation solar farm (Bürgersolarpark) We spent pretty much all day on the beach with Thede, Tino, Tia and her son Maurice. We played boule/pétanque, Raphael took part in a volleyball-match and a pirogue-race (there was a…
Frauenpower Kimberley fragt sich, ob die Welt wohl besser aussehen würde, wenn sie von Frauen regiert worden wäre. Aber ja! Die Ethnologin Margaret Mead hatte schon in den zwanziger und dreißiger Jahren den gesamten Sozialwissenschaften neue Impulse gegeben. Auf Samoa und in Neuguinea erforschte sie die Stämme der Arapesh, Tchambuli und Mundugumor, die nach dem…
Quiet Aute II Topics of the day: Reading, writing, cycling, uru-picking and possibly –eating! Possible final thought of the day: We really needed a day of silent input (books and e-mails) – after all the people we met yesterday!
Depression induced by Politics and Plunging into the Culture Pape’ete Topics of the day: Public transport (or maybe not), overconsumption, corrupt and/or lazy politicians, poverty, uncertainty, hospitality and culture People we met today (just to add another category): Terri Vallaux (the energy minister’s RE-consultant), Steve Finck (from the establishment for (public) transport and development (town…
Back to work Ra’iatea, Wednesday 5th of August 2009 Topics of the day*: Goodbye Ra’iatea, freight ship, travelling, people, health and safety, alternative propulsion systems for ships Today I solved my computer problems and read a bit. We said goodbye to everyone and went downtown twice – the Taporo didn’t take us on board but…
Macht Arbeit frei? Wie schon bei der „Ökodiktatur“ stelle ich auch beim „Virus“ fest, wie gefährlich Hochrechnungen sind. Die zerstörerischen Entwicklungen auf diesem Planeten verlaufen in einem Tempo, da kann die ausgeprägteste Phantasie nicht mithalten. Was ist der Mensch bloß für ein erbärmliches Wesen! Seltsamerweise nicht als Einzelperson, da ist er meist lieb und zu…