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Tag Archives: california
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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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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Dream team
The primary lesson I learned making Daughter of God or DOG is this – finishing a movie by yourself takes forever. To complete DOG and support ALM this year, I’ve assembled a team of two knob spinning freelancers and five … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, vision
Tagged after effects, ALM, andrea maio, Around Lake Michigan, art department, atmospheric, blender, california, canada, carrots, cars, cruise ship, dan kelly, daughter of god, dog, dogthemovie.com, erica, experimental, experts, faisal azam, freelancers, fund raising, geographic, jeff gibbs, jonathan kelly, julie constantin, lorax, melonie steffes, michigan, new york, saldaje, steve elrick, venture capital
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Garbage Bits in the Pacific
Just a teaser… Story to follow… After a 2:00 am start C-130 calls us att dawn to help with rescue:: Overturned boat:: Man is rescued minutes before we get there after standing on the boat all night: We return to … Continue reading
Calling all collaborators
Yesterday was momentous. Thanks to advice from Christin Shacat I researched the Division 1 and 2 Transpac skippers. I also blasted Apple execs with an inspiring email, strategized with Kai for an hour and implemented Twitter. What’s it all about? … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, gear, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged alexander and baldwin, apple, california, canon, christin Shacat, collaborators, container ship, entrepreneurs, five fingers, footprint, hawaii, holes, horizon lines, jeff gibbs, lectrosonics, matson, oahu, on desire, racing sailboats, science, solar power, steadicam, steve jobs, sustainable, tiffen, transpac, transpac 2009, twitter, vibram, Vixia, wind, yachts
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Movie
We’re making a movie over here! “Some Almonds Are Harder to Skin Than Others” could be thought of as the prequel to “The Desire Project”, or a proof of concept. It proved that a 10 minute movie of Dan Kelly … Continue reading
Posted in vision / planning
Tagged avchd, battery, california, gear, hawaii, hvx-200, no jetting, on desire, prequel, production gear, solar panels, some almonds movie, underwater, Vixia, wilderness
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Travel
• Sublet the Brooklyn crib for the summer • Travel to Michigan for pre-production, perhaps shakedown cruise on North Manitou with the new production kit • Train ticket from Michigan to Cali • Find a boat (or balloon) from Cali … Continue reading
Posted in sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged 8 seas, brooklyn, california, jeff gibbs, kalamazoo, kona, michigan, no jetting, north manitou, sublet, turtle island
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Go west
There’s the getting there and the coming back. In the spirit of small footprint, I want to go west with low impact so no flying. Getting to California by train is reasonable, but leaping from CA to HI is another … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged amtrak, big world small footprint, BWSF, california, hawaii, no jetting
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Music
As currently described, all three of Dan’s kits would probably fit into the big backpack. It would be super if I could bring the little Larrivee Parlor guitar too, but that’s probably pushing it. I have no idea how I … Continue reading
Junkraft
Dan, Here’s an interesting site (sometimes buggy) about two guys who built a raft out of junk and sailed it from California to Hawaii. Cheers! ~Kai http://junkraft.com/blog/
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged california, dan kelly, email, hawaii, junkraft, kai schwarz
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Alternates (to flying)
From: DAN Subject: alternates Date: February 26, 2009 4:15:36 PM EST To: KAI Kai, I’m looking for alternates to flying from cali to hawaii – cruisers, working boats, zeppelins, etc (not cruise ships). just priced amtrak … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project genesis, vision / planning
Tagged amtrak, california, chicago, hawaii, no jetting
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