Updates
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UPDATE – POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 26 Early-stage sustainable innovations face distinct challenges long before questions of scale arise. Moving from ideation and research into real-world use requires access to the right resources, partners, and pathways for adoption. In this session, Ashwathi Iyer will explore how innovators navigate this transition, drawing on concrete case studies that
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Two noteworthy events coming soon! MiUPA: Design for two different generations: a user experience challenge We all know about the Baby Boomers: they are a huge demographic, there are a lot of them, and they are now aging. But did you realize that there is a new generation that outnumbers the boomers? Called the “Net
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relaxing on the water, originally uploaded by dunrie. My husband is the one in the middle. He is so much better at relaxing than I am. I suppose this is why we are good for each other… flotilla, originally uploaded by dunrie.
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I just finished The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late, which details how we are running off of “startup capital” in a resource-draining, non-integrated way. The beginning echoed many environmental books – a depressing litany of all of the
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Group photo, originally uploaded by dunrie. My tribe includes: 1 husband 1 stepmother 4 cousins 4 cousins-once-removed (including 2 infants and 2 kids) 1 aunt 1 uncle 1 sister 1 brother-in-law 1 nephew 1 toddler niece & 5 dogs This posse of 11 adults, 3 kids, 1 toddler, 2 infants, and 5 canines shared one
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On Friday, husband and I flew from Ann Arbor municipal airport (KARB) to Tobermory (CNR4) at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. We stopped to clear customs at Kincardine. Friday was wonderfully smooth–so smooth that I fell asleep in midair while Dave piloted the plane. (I think this new job thing must be more exhausting
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Black-eyed Susans invading my lawn, originally uploaded by dunrie. We’ve got black-eyed Susans flowering in our back lawn, and they’ve crossed the fence and are working their way towards our neighbors’ garage. My garden is colonizing our and our neighbors’ lawn. I have been meaning to do this myself (dig up turf, replace with flowerbeds)–how