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Category Archives: policy
Awash in wildflowers…
…and basking in beauty, that’s the summer of 2011. Hello World has been beached (blossomed) for a solid year following her crippling injury 30 miles north of Chicago that ended our 2010 expedition. She’s communing with the flox and vetch … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, open source, policy, repairs, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision, vision / planning
Tagged ALM, combat mime, compost, corn, distraction, dog, garden, gertrude ekstatisch, girlfriend, Hello World, horse manure, james weston, lauren di scipio, marijke church, michigan movie makers, mykl werth, nuclear, soil, solar power, sustainable, tai chi, tcff.org, traverse city film festival, will church
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Climate Change and digressions
Premise Climbing high above a menacing mega-weather system, the VIP passengers aboard the Execu-jet attempt an escape to gentler climes, anticipating warm backrubs and frosty cocktails. Hubris! Even the mighty kerosene sucking turbo engines cannot forever loft such a heavy … Continue reading
Posted in nonviolent communication, policy, sustainable, training / practice, vision, vision / planning, x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Tagged activist arrogance, ae, after effects, boondoggle, california, cherry capital, climate change, container ship, convenience, environment, environmental debt, excess, genarts, global life support, hollywood, jamaica lynn weston, james weston lynn, james weston schaberg, jeff gibbs, jet, jet flight, jonathan kelly, landing gear, life support system, lightning, local growers, patrick kelly, privilege, right livelihood, roto, sapphire plugin, stabilized, stabilized footage, strobe flash
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How to download Wikileaks Insurance
DISCLAIMER and WARNING – I was arrested in March of 2001 for protesting the impending Iraq war. Subsequently, I found out that I have an FBI record that is “secret”. The reason I know this is a long story, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, nonviolent communication, open source, policy, self education / research, training / practice
Tagged arrest, checksum, fbi, hacker, hackers, insurance, iraq, julian assange, sha1, torrent, transmission, war, wikileaks
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Live Fully, Pay Attention, Power Down
Play movie for computer, phone or youtube An ALM inspired public service message about giving up jet travel, whipped up in response to a regional fund raising effort that seemed inherently contradictory. The more I learned the more I felt … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, movies, policy, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning
Tagged activist, ALM, artist, awakening the dreamer, jet travel, jets, local, may erlewine, northern michigan, regional, seth bernard
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PSA V2
I tested my PSA yesterday – me doing a talking head with ALM b-roll. It’s got potential. This morning I simplified the narration. I am Dan Kelly In 2008 I was invited to sail around the Hawaiian islands and make … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, policy, self education / research, story, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged africa, amtrak, china, impact, jet travel, jets, low impact, ondesire, psa, san juan, travel, utah
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Musings in the morning
With ALM, I have three basic flows for telling the story – raw video, motion graphics and posts (text). Though I wasn’t as faithful with imaging everything, I was fairly thorough in my writing. I captured details that I certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, injury, movies, open source, policy, self education / research, story, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning
Tagged approach, attitude, cam chocks, climbing, collaborator, complication, dave hart, field test, gear, geek, motion graphics, posts, protection, rack, simplicity, solution, south manitou island, success, trial, tribulation, trivia, video, wordbooker
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What I did with the 2nd half of July
I took advantage of the 2010 expedition’s abrupt end by soaking up the rapture oozing outta Hello World’s home base, the Artist house on Crystal Lake. Truth be told, the spring had sprung so sweetly last May that it was … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, hawaiian language, Hello World, policy, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters
Tagged AIS, ALM, beulah, brooklyn, california, crystal lake, earthship, hinduism today, klamps, lego, michigan, mike reynolds, nephew, pipe, swami bua, swamiji, the new yorker, wedding
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Do Ludington
Climb the bluff carefully for a thrilling view of the big lake and better cell reception. Nearby construction along the bluff edge reminds me of my reason for sailing around Lake Michigan. Activating global consciousness to steward and EXPAND the … Continue reading
-4 days – child’s questions
A cup of ginger tea before donning the yellow hazmat suit and starting the day’s fiberglass fun. The Brunton inverter is whirring away somewhat creakily as it charges this iPhone. Most of the gear has already been checked for solid … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, health / survival, Hello World, policy, repairs, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged brunton, carbon footprint, fiberglass, Hello World, jor-el, kal-el, krypton, loreen niewenhuis, mining, moses, petro chemistry
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7 days – fuggedaboudit!
Since I’m making a movie, I can get away with documenting everything. Writing daily, describing insights and epiphanies ad nauseum. This blog is a strategy for generating interest in the project – coming soon to a theater near you… Clearly … Continue reading
Confused!
I thought I had a plan for making the mothership blog, but not quite. Now I am confused. Here’s a little map to illustrate the flow. FORUM collaboratory || feeding BLOG Mothership (holyboners.com) BLOG Daughter of God (dogthemovie.com) BLOG Around … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, policy, vision
Tagged domain, holyboners, mothership, visualize
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Yin and Yang
Even a sailboat has an environmental cost. Rebuilding Hello World was intended as a low impact project, not a sustainable project as I defined it a few days ago. Not only was electricity and petroleum poured into the tools, lights … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, policy, repairs, self education / research, sustainable, vision
Tagged big bear, fiberglass, fiberglass repair, garbage, low impact, solar, sustainable, vacuum cleaner, voc, waste, wind
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Integrity exhibit A
Breaches in the Hobie hulls are sealed, structural damage is remediated. At 10:00 pm UTC – 4, August 12, I completed the injections of the decks. Only cosmetic and finishing work remains. I know y’all have been starving for pictures, … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, maker, policy, repairs, sustainable
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Policy phone discussion
Give credit where credit is due… two reasons – context for new language and imagery, credit because that’s the right way. We each take responsibility to caption our own posts. Listing events – Dan Around Lake Michigan, Kai’s thinking about … Continue reading