Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Hidden in plain sight. Night 26.
Taboo: Which is Which? Flipping truth to circumstance.
After Ana-Maurine & the little baby turtle.
AY1, Night 26
Linguist
After Ana-Maurine & the little baby turtle.
AY1, Night 26
Linguist
Awww shizzy
Midnight has passed and so many things asked to be photographed for
Penz today. Couldn't do it. Now I sit in my fave fabric amazed at the
passing of time.
Penz today. Couldn't do it. Now I sit in my fave fabric amazed at the
passing of time.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
RAW
IT BEGINS!!!!
I'm finally accepting the changes that have been slowly dancing around my head. I hope to come out on the otherside gracefully.
I'm finally accepting the changes that have been slowly dancing around my head. I hope to come out on the otherside gracefully.
Water
World water supply:
96% Oceans
2% Ice caps & Glaciers
1% Atmosphere
1% Fresh lakes & rivers
Typical Household Water Use in the United States
1) Activity
2) Estimated Water Usage
Washing clothes in washing machine
53 gallons per load
Flushing toilet
5 gallons per flush
Washing dishes in a dishwasher
22 gallons per load
Washing dishes with tap running
30 gallons
Washing dishes in a filled sink
8 gallons
Brushing teeth
2 gallons
Shaving with water running
20 gallons
Taking shower with standard shower head
6.5 gallons per minute
Taking shower with low-flow shower head
2.25 gallons per minute
Taking a bath
30 gallons
Washing car with running water
160 gallons per 20 minutes
Washing car with pistol-grip faucet
16 gallons per 20 minutes
Per Capita Water Consumption in Selected Countries
1) Country
2) Average Daily Consumption (gal/day)
AFRICA
Angola
5.8
Egypt
41.6
Kenya
12.6
Mozambique
2.7
EUROPE
France
77.3
Germany
46.2
Switzerland
28.9
United Kingdom
29.8
NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
Canada
209.4
Haiti
1.2
Mexico
39.2
United States
176.5
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
45.4
Brazil
39.3
Chile
70.8
ASIA
India
13.3
Israel
47.4
Philippines
89.7
Viet Nam
39.1
1 Data based on Gleick (1993) and Miller (1990). Values have been converted to US units.
2 Data are derived from WRI (1996). Values have been converted to US units.
From: Introduction to the Human Dimensions of Global Change
©1997 Association of American Geographers
Question
Can you imagine doing all of your daily activities with amount of water that the average
person uses in Haiti? What daily activities would you give up if you had to live on
this amount of water? What would you keep?
Optional Activity: Try living on the amount of water than a person in Mozambique would use in one day (2.7 gallons). Fill 3 one-gallon jug with clean water and use that amount for all of your
daily activities. You must use this water to bathe, to brush your teeth, to cook, to drink, etc. On
your honor, use only this amount of water--no cheating! Record your day, your activities, and
your personal feelings in a one day journal entry. What activities did you give up? How did you
feel?
96% Oceans
2% Ice caps & Glaciers
1% Atmosphere
1% Fresh lakes & rivers
Typical Household Water Use in the United States
1) Activity
2) Estimated Water Usage
Washing clothes in washing machine
53 gallons per load
Flushing toilet
5 gallons per flush
Washing dishes in a dishwasher
22 gallons per load
Washing dishes with tap running
30 gallons
Washing dishes in a filled sink
8 gallons
Brushing teeth
2 gallons
Shaving with water running
20 gallons
Taking shower with standard shower head
6.5 gallons per minute
Taking shower with low-flow shower head
2.25 gallons per minute
Taking a bath
30 gallons
Washing car with running water
160 gallons per 20 minutes
Washing car with pistol-grip faucet
16 gallons per 20 minutes
Per Capita Water Consumption in Selected Countries
1) Country
2) Average Daily Consumption (gal/day)
AFRICA
Angola
5.8
Egypt
41.6
Kenya
12.6
Mozambique
2.7
EUROPE
France
77.3
Germany
46.2
Switzerland
28.9
United Kingdom
29.8
NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
Canada
209.4
Haiti
1.2
Mexico
39.2
United States
176.5
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
45.4
Brazil
39.3
Chile
70.8
ASIA
India
13.3
Israel
47.4
Philippines
89.7
Viet Nam
39.1
1 Data based on Gleick (1993) and Miller (1990). Values have been converted to US units.
2 Data are derived from WRI (1996). Values have been converted to US units.
From: Introduction to the Human Dimensions of Global Change
©1997 Association of American Geographers
Question
Can you imagine doing all of your daily activities with amount of water that the average
person uses in Haiti? What daily activities would you give up if you had to live on
this amount of water? What would you keep?
Optional Activity: Try living on the amount of water than a person in Mozambique would use in one day (2.7 gallons). Fill 3 one-gallon jug with clean water and use that amount for all of your
daily activities. You must use this water to bathe, to brush your teeth, to cook, to drink, etc. On
your honor, use only this amount of water--no cheating! Record your day, your activities, and
your personal feelings in a one day journal entry. What activities did you give up? How did you
feel?
Thursday, April 10, 2008
TAP Sistahs!
Another 2 for 1 day
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Poetry for the People
"But I was impatient to get going. I hurried as afast as I could over oceans and undiscovered continents to the Islands of the Blest, farther to the West than any human can imagine. (For, if you know how to travel it, the world is not round at all, but a spiral that keeps circling outwards. Every three hundred and sixty degrees things may look the same as on the previous round, but that is an illusion.)"
~When Fox is a Thousand, by Larissa Lai
~When Fox is a Thousand, by Larissa Lai
BUBS!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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