[Greenbuilding] Not Flying // was: The Coolest Buildings Aren't Green
RT
ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca
Mon Dec 1 20:10:24 CST 2014
On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:51:06 -0500, Jason Holstine <jason at amicusgreen.com>
wrote:
> Drink organic beer, or organic gluten-free, local, small-batch artisan
vodka.
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
> <info at ecobrooklyn.com> wrote:
>> Which basically blows all my green credits to hell in jet fuel. What to
>> do.
All good suggestions for "things to do" (on any day for that matter) from
Jason.
But for a holiday to get away from New Yawk slush to warmer climes, how
about:
(i) Build a wind-powered , ocean-going, racing, sailing yacht using
hardwood timber salvaged from shipping crates that were used to deliver
exotic granite slabs to NYC from places like South America, India, Africa.
(ii) Get in touch with MeatHook (aka Norbert Senf) and find out where his
Masonry Heater Asscoiation compadres are doing one of their charitable
building projects (ie the last one I recall was in Guatemala IIRC ?) and
then
(iii) Do some research to find out what sorts of things the citizens of
that country are in dire need of and do a charitable drive in NYC to
gather up donations of those needed items ( ie shoes, eyeglasses,
medicine, cash etc )
(iv) "Leak" the story to the media so that they publicise the project and
get some media buzz going so that you get people so desperate to
participate that they start bidding for positions as crew members on the
sailboat (should be able to raise at least $50k,. Eh ?)
(v) Load up the donated goods and set sail for the warmer climes with
all-female (simply because they do a better job with less monkeying
around), volunteer crew (including volunteer Cordon Bleu chef of course)
while you kick back and enjoy some of that "organic beer, or organic
gluten-free, local, small-batch artisan vodka" that Jason mentioned.
(vi) Deliver the donated goods to the Masonry Heater Assoc gang for
distribution and stick around to help and learn from the Master
Craftspersons.
(vii) When the project is complete, catch a good wind in the sails and
see what she's really capable of (ie without the bulk of all that donated
material) and head back to New Yawk, stopping by the Dominican Republic on
the way home, if you like.
(viii) Back in New Yawk, if you don't have a place to dock the boat until
the next holiday, sell it for a gazillionBux as a must-have GreenBling
item.
(or hitch-hike or bicycle down to Florida and then rent a sailboat for the
trip to the island if the above suggestion sounds like too much work )
Me ? I like winter and look forward to enjoying the brisk cold and snowy
landscape here around home.
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Rob Tom ADT1
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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