Thanks. I'm thinking about a piece that will talk about the appropriate blending of the high tech and low tech, sort of being one of the Flintstones and one of the Jetsons at the same time. I'll submit something later this week. Thanks for the opportunity.
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Wes, > > cool book! > > Well, the basic idea is to get people's thoughts on the future, not in a > sort of rigid, predictive sense - but in a sense of values and perhaps > specific technologies which should be part of the mix. > > Here's Thomas's piece on seawater into food: > http://www.appropedia.org/TheFWD_submissions#Seawater_into_food > that's about a specific technology, the seawater greenhouse. And it really > exists but hasn't been scaled yet. > > Here's a values piece by Shaun Chamberlain - really excellent work > http://www.appropedia.org/TheFWD_submissions#If_you_want_to_go_far.2C_go_together > > So that's sort of the range of what we have going on. > > Drop me an email off list to discuss further ;) > > Vinay > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:28 PM, William Ozier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Vinay: >> I have recently self published a book of articles I've written called >> William's Ecopedia. https://www.createspace.com/3470913 >> >> I would be honored to submit a piece for consideration in your book. >> Could you please give me a little more guidance as to what it is >> you're looking for in a submission? >> >> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter >> Project) <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hey folks, second shout for "The Future We Deserve", my book project. If >> > anybody has the time to write a piece, they're 500 words, and the >> > deadline >> > is about a month (hard deadline is 1OCT). We're also looking for the >> > last >> > five hundred bucks on the Kickstarter if anybody is feeling generous! >> > >> > Thank you so much, >> > >> > Vinay >> > >> > ===== >> > >> > Hello, everybody! This is an update for the authors and supporters of >> > The >> > Future We Deserve. >> > >> > The book is going very well. >> > >> > We’ve got 70% – $1400 – of the $2000 we need to do the book. We need to >> > raise $600 in two weeks to liberate the $1400 already donated, so please >> > encourage people to help us! >> > We have 71 authors signed up, some doing more than one piece. We could >> > use a >> > fair number of additional authors, but I’m sure people will keep showing >> > up! >> > About 1/4 of the material is in, 26 pieces so far and the pieces are >> > inspiring and powerful. >> > >> > The “first deadline” is September 15th – a month from now – and October >> > 1st >> > is the hard deadline for the book. >> > >> > So please get writing, and I’ll be sending out periodic reminders. If >> > you >> > can, please get your material in early so that we can really get the >> > conversations about the book going as the process unfolds. 26 pieces so >> > far >> > is a great start, but it would be great to have half the book in place >> > by >> > the end of this month! >> > >> > The blogathon is going a little slowly: >> > >> > Vinay Gupta on Julia Macintosh’s A Future Without Childhood >> > Antonio Dias on James Hester‘s Of Arms and the Man >> > Cat Lupton on Antonio Dias‘ On The Future We Deserve… >> > >> > So if you have time time, please pick a piece from the pieces submitted >> > so >> > far, run it on your blog, and add your thoughts on the piece. It’s a >> > really >> > good way to showcase the book and the ideas in it. I hope you will find >> > the >> > time! >> > >> > We’re well on track, well done, and thank you for all of your help! >> > >> > -- >> > Vinay Gupta >> > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest >> > >> > http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering >> > http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision >> > >> > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an >> > invincible summer" - Albert Camus >> > >> > Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt >> > UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "hexayurt" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > > http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering > http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision > > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an > invincible summer" - Albert Camus > > Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt > UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. 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