Don’t forget to Vote!

Americans for the Arts has created some handy tools to grade our representatives and their support of the arts.  Above are the top scorers in the Senate.  Go here to see the House Representatives report card. Support your representatives who support the arts!

And, for Californians, here are the propositions we feel very strongly about:

NO ON 23!

YES ON 25! Let rationality rule the world…

Cinderblock living wall

So smart!  Best use of affordable materials I’ve seen in a while. Found at Garden Hortica on 7th in Old Oakland.

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It’s big.  Use this map to compare it to lands we know and love.

That Big Farm Called San Francisco" class='title'>That Big Farm Called San Francisco

Urban Homesteading, making your own Mead, SoEx Hootenanny and more…. “Canning is the new knitting.”

San Francisco is America’s Least Wasteful City!

In a study funded by the makers of Nalgene products, the habits of 3,750 individuals living in the top 25 largest U.S. cities were surveyed, finding that San Francisco is America’s least wasteful city.  (Hooray!–Oakland wasn’t surveyed)

The study gauged behavior on waste, sustainability, shopping, transportation and more. The results were weighted to give more credit to behaviors that had immediate and significant impact on the planet (e.g., driving less, recycling or reducing trash) to small habits that are more indicative of a mindset and non-wasteful approach to life (e.g., reusing containers, limiting shower time or saving wrapping paper and ribbons).

The study shows that more and more people are readily embracing small, everyday habits to cut waste, but convenience is still trumping prudence when it comes to significant wasteful behavior including transportation and personal conservation efforts.  (public transportation, composting, using a rain barrel and a clothesline, and avoiding using a car for trips under 2 miles)

I found this sortof amazing:

*60 percent of urban Americans that live in a city with public transportation and own a car, said they never use public transportation

*65 percent of urban Americans are planning to drive for trips that less than two miles from home rather than taking public transportation, biking and/or walking

*We’re still a car culture. 69 percent of those urban Americans surveyed do not plan on taking public transportation

    And so you know:#2=NYC, #3=Portland, #25(last place)=Atlanta

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    Lego Hello World
    I wish all my printers were made of legos.

    LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
    Images from Life Magazine going back to 1860′s, hosted by Google

    Coming Face To Face With The President
    Well crafted story about an under-heard point of view.

    In California, Pot Is Now an Art Patron
    A new funding source for the arts – reaping big rewards and funding many projects.  It’s pot.

    Notes on Portraiture in the Facebook Age

    Celebrity Book Club: A List to End All Lists
    Because, well, it’s sortof awesome.

    Are "Artists' Statements" Really Necessary?
    The pros and cons about that nemesis for most artists.

    This to That
    You tell it what you’ve got and it’ll tell you what to glue them together with.

    Work of art: Online store for buyers, sellers
    Not the TV show!  Kelly Lynn Jones from Little Paper Planes is interviewed on her project, gives us a cheat sheet to local affordable art resources.

    How to make a Daft Punk helmet in 17 months
    whoa.