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I think this image is very powerful.

The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man. ― Nietzsche

Tomorrow's Needs

Maslow's hierarchy of needs suggests that the most basic level of needs must be met before the individual will strongly desire a higher level of needs. Maslow also coined the term Metamotivation to describe the motivation of people who go beyond the scope of the basic needs and strive for constant betterment.

Today some of the basic needs have been overseen. The enemy we face today is the enemy that attacks our personal health: malnourishment, which leads to disease. Today we must establish victory over our degenerating health that results from an industrialized food supply. The average food buyer has long since lost connection with the producer of that food. Canada is starving for nutrition and the need for a healthy lifestyle is within reach. Today we need to plant a different kind of Victory Garden. A Victory Garden of the 21st century that addresses the needs of today's citizen.

 Truth, rather than dishonesty. 

 Goodness, rather than evil. 

 Beauty, not ugliness or vulgarity. 

 Unity, wholeness, and transcendence of opposites, not arbitrariness or forced choices. 

 Aliveness, not deadness or the mechanization of life. 

 Uniqueness, not bland uniformity. 

 Perfection and necessity, not sloppiness, inconsistency, or accident. 

 Completion, rather than incompleteness. 

 Justice and order, not injustice and lawlessness. 

 Simplicity, not unnecessary complexity. 

 Richness, not environmental impoverishment. 

 Effortlessness, not strain. 

 Playfulness, not grim, humorless, drudgery. 
 Self-sufficiency, not dependency. 

 Meaningfulness, rather than senselessness.

A Lamp that is also a mini greenhouse

http://designtaxi.com/news/350780/A-Glass-Lamp-That-s-Also-a-Mini-Greenhouse

Easy to read

Dear The Globe & Mail: I love the way you speak to me. An infographic!

Convert your food into usable compost!

Fun Tip: * Shop in the outside lanes of the grocery stores.

Rich soil

Industry, automobiles, and impermeable concrete and asphalt surfaces combine to negatively impact upon the air and water quality, while climate change serves to exacerbate the urban heat island effect through global warming. Intense competition for land decreases green space, and there is a subsequent spiritual disconnect from agricultural roots and the natural world.

Grow off ...

Left: some sprouts.

Right: grass starting to grow.

DNA Mapping

A wedding gift from my sisters. The DNA of my husband and I on canvas.

Road Design

If we reordered the layers traditionally found on maps (built work on top, roads on ground, topography at bottom)... would we discover a new urban design strategy? Could entire communities have there own transit system hidden below?

The grow off begins!

Left: filtered dry / laying flat on newspaper - 1 cup all purpose grass seed mix pre-soaked in 1 cup of steeped black tea.

Right: 1 cup all purpose grass seed mix + 1 cup of potting soil.

Ironic mapping.

Bank St & Gladstone

From Shirley's Assignment #0 - the old church facade on the new condo.

Mega backyard.

Heather Reisman (Chapters Books)
Husband: Gerry Schwartz

I can't find an image of the specific library... BUT you can see that their backyard is literally everyone within their blocks backyard.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=37+Cluney+Drive+Rosedale&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl

The Catalyst

Stems that creep along the ground are called stolons, and stems that grow below ground are called rhizomes. 

Grasses use stolons and rhizomes to reach out and establish new grass culms. The stoleon or rhizome nurtures the new plant until it is strong enough to survive on its own.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5315650_need-liquid-tea-before-sowing.html