Dec 22, 2023

Solstice

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Photo by Monica Pinheiro CC BY-NC-SA (CC), taken November 7, 2023.
Dec 12, 2023

cooperation

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“In fighting against resistance, we will become more focused on getting rid of the problem than on understanding what it is; by contrast, wh...
Nov 25, 2023

unselfing

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"Observing something beautiful" is "an occasion for unselfing" and it "may well hold the key to our collective surv...
Nov 12, 2023

Human rights

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«(...) words and ideas underwent a radical currency devaluation, a crash connected, in ways we have barely begun to understand, to the torre...
Nov 7, 2023

November

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"(...) metamorphosis occurs when two or more unlike elements are joined (...). Here the craftsman has consciously to decide if the comb...
Oct 8, 2023

Less machines

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While reading about the « Workshop in Rotterdam: How to Build a Bike Generator », discovered the larger solution scenarios for human powered...
Oct 2, 2023

October

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" If we had 30 days to save the world, would we act before the 29th ? " Photo by Monica Pinheiro CC BY-NC-SA (CC).
Sep 23, 2023

September

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"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty; like a butterfly it seeks colour and basks in warmth." Virginia W...

Setembro

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"Feeling the touch, discovering the colour, memorizing the smell. Weaving quietly different textures and tensions. Creating peace to g...
Sep 10, 2023

September

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"The demand for urban nature-based solutions can be expected to rise exponentially, as greening cities is the best measure to address t...
Sep 9, 2023

September

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"Space is transformed into place as it acquires definition and meaning." Yi-Fu Tuan (2005). Space and Place. The perspective of ex...
Sep 8, 2023

September

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"Build a life that you don't need to escape from." "If true peace and clarity are what you seek in this life (...) know t...
Jul 31, 2023

July

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How strange that people who try to protect the Planet are called «activists» or «rebels», instead of «protectors» or «carers». Even stranger...
Jul 30, 2023

July

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Made by Mother Earth and Father Time, and Love. Photo by Monica Pinheiro, free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).
Jul 19, 2023

July

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"Particular attention should be paid to the material used, for good craftsmanship is built on natural foundations, and nature assures t...
Jul 18, 2023

July

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"When you can see yourself from outside, you contemplate existence with more humility and perceptiveness than when (...) you imagined y...
Jul 17, 2023

July

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"It's a strange sort of pain. (...) To die of yearning for something you'll never experience." by Alessandro Baricco (1997...
Jul 2, 2023

nearness, seasonality and sustainability

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The plants used in my tapestries come from my little garden, are gathered during my walks, or collected during visits to friends and family ...

navetes

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Navete ou lançadeira. Portuguese words used for shuttle. "A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that car...
Jun 25, 2023

June

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June 18, 2023. Photo by Monica Pinheiro, free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).
Jun 24, 2023

June

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June 10, 2023. Photo by Monica Pinheiro, free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).

June

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June 20, 2023. Photo by Monica Pinheiro, free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).
Jun 21, 2023

June

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"Women have been the weavers of tales and tapestries. For centuries, they have unspooled their stories as they spun or threw the shuttl...
Jun 8, 2023

June

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Estimates suggest that a garden of 1,000 square meters could sequester one ton of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per year [see entry from November, ...
May 24, 2023

May

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Some people say “ let’s invent a machine to sequester carbon ” but “w e already have a fantastic productive system to sequester lots of carb...
May 15, 2023

May

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"The basic unit for minds is the image, the image of a thing or of what a thing does, or what the thing causes you to feel; or the imag...
May 13, 2023

May

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"A warning is not a prophecy; the former assumes that we have choices and cautions us about the consequences; the latter operates on th...
May 12, 2023

May

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"While options range from incremental changes to fundamental reform, science provides a clear warning about continuing on our current p...
Apr 9, 2023

April

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"(...) black locust produces a fruity and fragrant honey, and its blossoms are used for cooking." More about this tree in Sitzia,...

April

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Photo by Monica Pinheiro, free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).
Mar 20, 2023

March

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"Depth We must be still  Heart breaks  Soul Fire  Flood lines  Earthquakes  Depth over distance  Deep roots  And charred ashes  Hard...
Mar 18, 2023

March

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"The word integrity means moral consistency and commitment, but it also means something whole and unbroken, uninjured, and it's a ...
Mar 15, 2023

March

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"A garden is what you want (and can manage and afford), and what you want is who you are, and who you are is always a political and cul...
Feb 25, 2023

February

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"The order that matters most is not spacial but temporal. Sometimes pictures convey this, but the habit of seeing in pictures encourage...
Jan 20, 2023

January

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[MP] What is your view about the myth of eternal growth? [ChatGPT] As a machine learning model, I don't have personal views or opinions....
Jan 15, 2023

January

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"You are beautiful not because you are better than others, but because there is only you who can smile like that." Haemin Sunim (2...