At a bit before seven this evening I found myself standing beneath the pulsating lights and gently inflating and deflating tentacles of a mechanical septopod, while watching slime mold – in extravagant magentas and greens – creep across a television screen. A woman leisurely wandered past the mold toward the hydroponics to my left, and […]
AIDS & Spatial Planning
The Metlife Foundation and the Enterprise Foundation share a common commitment in building healthy communities. Began in 1996, the group recognizes nonprofit groups for innovation in two main areas: supportive housing and property asset management. The “Awards For Excellence In Affordable Housing,” represents models that serve as inspiration for other groups with a desire […]
Mr One Dollar
The sun was setting as the Iran Air Jumbo Jet taxied gently down the runway of Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. I admired the view of Dubai’s modern architecture as we took off into the clear sky over the Persian Gulf and banked eastwards. I was flying to Tehran a day ahead […]
The Lighthouse
It rested softly in her hands, aged and frail. “Do you want to open it now?” asked Angela. Her brother shook his head and looked toward the black cockatoos brutally pruning the eucalypts by the creek. The land sloped down from the house, overgrown shrubs crowding around what had once been an expanse of lawn. […]
7 Turks arrested in environmental protest
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Seven environmental activists were arrested in Istanbul on Thursday after protesting the construction of new dams in Turkey that will submerge a national park and displace thousands of Kurds. They chained themselves to a tree in front of the Tunceli Association headquarters – a group involved in the infamous Ilisu Dam project […]
Adopted.
FADE IN: INT. CAR — AFTERNOON LUIS BOURBAN,22, drives his old Honda Civic through a gray day, on a generic East Coast highway. He wears worn blue jeans and a polo shirt that he seems uncomfortable in. His girlfriend SANDY,21, sits next to him. She’s eyeing him through flirty green contacts. SANDY Four years baby. […]