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…