Save our nature

Dangerous for Nature: War Garbage

2009-06-25T00:26:00.000-07:00

Sand Art

2009-06-24T23:58:00.000-07:00

Artist: Bert Adams, Sand in the City
Competition: 2003 Texas SandFest
Location: Port Aransas, Texas
Fun Fact: The title is “Under Pressure”
Photo courtesy of portofbellingham.com

Agony

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Artist: Unknown
Competition: Antalya Kum Sehri 2007/Sand City
Location: Antalya, Turkey (Arapsuyu)
Photo courtesy of Onur Zeybek via Panoramio.com

Purposeful

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Artist: Ludo and Anique from the Netherlands
Competition: HarriSand 2008
Location: Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia
Photo courtesy of HarriSand.org

Perturbed

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Artist: Unknown
Competition: Lommel Zandsculpturen Wereldwonderzand 2005
Location: Lommel, Belgium (Blankenberge)
Fun Fact: This competition’s theme was “The Brothers Grimm”
Photo courtesy of Tine Verheyden via pbase.com

Exhilarated

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Artist: Unknown
Competition: Lommel Zandsculpturen Wereldwonderzand 2005
Location: Lommel, Belgium (Blankenberge)
Fun Fact: This competition’s theme was “The Brothers Grimm”
Photo courtesy of DarkRoastedBlend.com and Tine Verheyden via pbase.com

Engrossed

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Artists: Pat Harsch, Dan Belcher and Mark Mason
Competition: Mount Myrtle Sand Sculptures
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Fun Fact: The theme was inspired by The Colbert Report
Photo Courtesy of TeamSandTastic.com

Skeptical

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Artist: Unknown
Competition: Lommel Zandsculpturen Wereldwonderzand 2005
Location: Lommel, Belgium (Blankenberge)
Fun Fact: This competition’s theme was “The Brothers Grimm”
Photo courtesy of Tine Verheyden via pbase.com

Petrified

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Artist: Lucinda "Sandy Feet" Wieranga
Competition: Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpture Competition
Location: Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
Fun Fact: This creation was dubbed “The Inner Child”
Photo courtesy of Lucinda via SandyFeet.com

Contemplative

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Artist: Team Australia
Competition: World Sand Sculpture Festival 2009
Location: Tottori, Japan (Tottori Sand Dunes)
Fun Fact: The competition’s theme was “Fairy Tales and Legends”
Photo courtesy of RemovetheLabels.com

Watchful

Modern Trash Cans and Recycling Bins

2009-06-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

Collection of modern recycle bins and creative trash can designs from all over the world.

Bin Bin Wastebasket

Designed by John Brauer for Essey of Denmark, the bin bin wastebasket looks exactly like the contents it is designed to contain, crushed paper. Each bin is constructed of hard polyethylene and shaped to resemble a piece of crumpled paper, representing a brilliant marriage of form and function. Available in black, bright red, brown or white.

Dimensions: 13.2"dia x 13.2"h.

Barcode Recycle Station

Lets face it. We all should be recycling. What used to be simple; “metal goes here, paper goes there, and plastic goes in over there,” is now a bit more complicated. For example did you know not all plastics and metals can be recycled? If you look for the recycling symbol on most packaging, it’s often filled with a number value. They denote what can and can’t be recycled. That’s where the Barcode Trashcan comes in. It makes being “green” a lot easier.

There’s one bin for each type of recyclable material. Just swipe the item in question over the top and the bin that opens is your winner. Easy breezy covergirl for real!

Dustbin

dustbin could be seald with a ordinary magazine, resp. serves as support for reading. useful for people who like to read on the toilet.

Ovetto Recycling Bin

Taking the idea of recycling to its logical conclusion, Italian architect, designer and art director Gianluca Soldi presented the Ovetto Recycling Bin, a recycled recycling center, last week at the London Design Festival. Made from recycled polypropylene (the same material used in ropes and carpeting), the bin offers three separate receptacles to make recycling easier and more organized while taking it a stylish step up from those standard blue bins.

Named after the Italian word for ‘egg’, Ovetto takes on a natural shape and is available in several bright color options. Appliqué stickers come with each bin for easy identification of the compartments.

Designer Gianluca has a doctorate in Interior Design and specializes in bio-architecture and sacred art. Along with the Ovetto recycling center, he recently designed a hand-cranked composting bin. The annual London Design Festival showcased “All things Design” from September 13th through the 23rd.

Fabriano Waste Paper Basket

Designed by Riccardo Nannini + Domenico Orefice + Emanuele Pizzolorusso.

Fabriano is a basket made entirely of recycled paper. The thin layers consist of 50 disposable bags and when the bin is full you just have to extract the bag and throw it away, the layer beneath is ready to collect more paper. The shape of a “muffin cup” is easy to produce and allows to obtain the shape of a classic office bin, as well as it gives a personality to it.

Tri3 Trash Can

Left pedal opens the top can. This can is for general discarding. Middle pedal makes the second can rotate around a decentered axe. This can is for packaging, plastic etc. Right pedal makes the last can move towards the user. The last can is for glass discarding.

Top Hat Trash Can

The top hat was once a symbol of status but for me it looks much better as a trash can!

We also know the top hat as part of those old school magician shows.

Unfortunately this top hat is not a magical item and you probably won´t take a white rabbit from it...

Although, it will make your trash disappear!

By the way, "Cartola" means top hat in Portuguese...You probably guessed it already, I suppose.

We´re going to produce it here in South America, but the production license is still avalailable for the rest of the world.

Flexibin

It seems like those words just don’t belong together. When can anything that holds trash be elegant? Well, when Li Jianye designs one it can. Let me introduce you to my new friend Flexibin. This little Flexibin was designed for someone like me, who has a pile of plastic grocery store bags piled up in a box in the Laundry room. Now, those pesky little plastic bags can be put to good use with Flexibin. With its flexible wire frame, the bin can hold any size plastic bag, thus transforming itself into and elegant and very functional waste bin. Ok Li Jianye, let me know when they are available - I need one for each room in my house.

Star Wars R2-D2 Trash Can

Trash is just not that cool. Not only can it be dirty and odorous but it's simply low-tech and boring. At least that's what we used to think... until we saw this amazing R2-D2 Trashcan and learned to love trash. This stylish trash receptacle is imported from Japan and is an incredibly detailed replica of R2-D2. Step on R2's center "foot" and his dome swings wide to collect your expired TPS reports and leftover wookie dung. In fact here at the ThinkGeek rebel base we've been generating extra waste just for the pleasure of disposing it inside our favorite droid. Everything was going great until we emptied the trash and accidentally discarded some Death Star plans... then the Rebel Massassi Outpost on the fourth moon of Yavin got destroyed and things just went downhill from there.

Click Hybrid Trash Bin

Smile Please! Shoot, It’s A Trashcan!

Dining at self-service has one major flaw, cleaning up your mess after you’re through with the meal. Inevitably the trashcan (front loading types seen in fastfoods) is ALWAYS full, or you spill the tray contents while shoving in the mess. Grrr! I hate it! And while I’m trashing trashcan designs, let me also tell you that only a bottle of Purell makes me want to touch those lidded thingies. On the flip side, something like this Click Hybrid Trashcan will make me want to use it pronto.

Using the aperture/iris action of a camera as inspiration, Click features a button that allows you to open the mouth of the bin to an appropriate size, so as to dispose the waste. Small opening for small trash like cans and bottles, big hole for big items!

Easy Trash Bin

This wooden peg-based trash can comes from Hommin, created by designer Hung Ming Chen. Simply cool.

Growing Bin

Those waste paper baskets seem like their big enough but they’re never big enough! It would be easier to get a bigger one but they’re small for a reason - they usually sit in tight spaces. The Growing Bin by Young-min Heo has an adjustable set of concentric rings that expand vertically to accommodate more trash. Eventually you’ll run out of rings too so quit being lazy and empty the trash bin already!

Coca-Cola Refresh Recycling Bin

Coca-Cola and fuseproject developed a company wide strategy for sustainability. As a part of this wider effort, recycling containers were developed to provide easy deployment, sustainable materials and efficient shipment. The Coca-Cola Refresh Recycling Bin is a new twist on the traditional recycling container. Made entirely from post-consumer recycled PET soda and water bottles, the bin is unique because it not only encourages people to recycle, it also showcases the exceptional design potential of recycled plastic. It is designed for placement in high traffic areas and events to encourage recycling where programs are currently lacking.

12 most dangerous coast creatures!!

2009-06-05T21:57:00.000-07:00

1. CONE SNAIL

This underwater snail has a tooth-like stinger which acts like a harpoon. It has enough venom to kill a human as it paralyses the respiratory muscles.

The cone snail’s shell is pretty and colourful, so tourists often unknowingly pick them up.

Where:

Located in the coastal waters of Australia, cone snails live in mud, sand flats and shallow reef waters.

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2. STONEFISH

The most venomous fish in the world, the stonefish is not aggressive, however its proximity to shores and ability to camouflage itself in coral makes it easy for people to accidentally touch or brush against.

It has 13 dangerous spines and a dorsal fin, and when humans are stung it causes death to tissues.

Where:

The stonefish is mainly found in the coral reefs, mud, rocks and sand of Western Australia and Queensland.

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3. BOX JELLYFISH

This jellyfish has a venom that attacks a human’s cardiac and nervous systems and if it stings you, you have virtually no chance of surviving unless treated straight away.

It’s tentacles have the ability to sting even when separated from the jellyfish, making it a very dangerous creature.

Where:

Box jellyfish are more numerous after rain and move towards the shore in calm waters when the tide is rising. They are commonly found across the northern top of the country as well as Queensland and the northern Western Australia coast.

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4. BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS

The tiny octopus changes from a muddy orange colour to a vibrant blue when it strikes.

It has venom 10,000 times more toxic than cyanide and can kill in 90 minutes. The size of a golf all, its beak can penetrate a wetsuit.

Where:

The blue-ringed octopus resides in rock pools and coral reefs around the nation

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5. SALTWATER CROCODILE

With a jaw this size the crocodile doesn’t need venom.

The largest reptile in the world, it is fiercely predatory and has the ability to keep its body concealed underwater until it’s ready to strike.

Where:

These crocodiles are found on the northern coast of Australia and inland for up to 100 kilometres or more.

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6. RED-BACK SPIDER

This spider hides in the dark corners of back sheds, wardrobes and gardens. It’s venom blocks nerve impulses, causing severe pain, vomiting, muscular weakness and sweating.

Where:

Red-back spiders are found throughout the country, commonly in disturbed and urban areas .

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7. FUNNEL-WEB SPIDER

The funnel-web sets up a trip-wire so it knows when prey is passing by, and its venom can kill a human in 15 minutes.

Where:

These spiders live in burrows or stumps, tree trunks or ferns. They are found in all states except for Western Australia, but primarily exist along the coast of eastern Australia .

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8. TIGER SNAKE

The tiger snake’s venom contains neurotoxins which attack the nervous system, paralysing the muscles and causing asphyxiation.

Anti-coagulants also in the venom causes heavy, uncontrollable bleeding.

Where:

Found in coastal environments, wetlands and creeks around Australia .

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9. DEATH ADDER :

The bite of a death adder causes paralysis and can kill in under six hours.

If you’re unlucky enough to step on one you’ve very likely to be bitten, with the death adder having the fastest strike of any Australian snake at a quater of a second.

Where:

The death adder is found everywhere in the country except for Victoria and Tasmania .

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10. TAIPAN :

The taipan snake’s venom is one of the most potent of all snake venoms.

They generally stay away from humans but defend themselves fiercely if cornered or threatened. It typically attacks repeatedly, injecting as much venom as possible into the victim’s body. This is in contrast to most snakes, who typically flee after attacking.

Where:

The common taipan is found in the far north of the country, Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

The very rare inland taipan is the most venomous snake in the world, 50 times more toxic than a rattlesnake.

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11. EASTERN BROWN SNAKE :

The second most venomous snake in the world, the eastern brown is responsible for the most deaths by snakebite in Australia.

In 2007 a 16-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl died after being bitten by eastern brown snakes.

Where :

Its tendency to stay close to homes makes it one of the most common snakes humans encounter.

This snake is found along the east coast of Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

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12. GREAT WHITE SHARK :

The world’s largest predatory fish, a typical specimen weighs between 700kg and one tonne and is 4 to 5 metres long.

Attacks on humans are rare, but few survive an encounter.

On average there are 15 shark attacks a year in the nation, with about one death each year.

Where :

The great white is found along the east and south-west coasts of Australia.

Save the Nature With 1 Tree per Month

2009-05-04T03:41:00.000-07:00

Global warming is the hottest issue recently. But we can help the world to avoid it. Only by planting 1 tree per month, we can help the world to produce more oxygen (O2) and on the other hand, help to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2). If all of us do this, then we will get 6 billion trees each month!

So, no need too much thinking! Start Planting Now!! And picture like below will be easier to find!!!

Let's do it!!

Plastic

2008-09-07T22:24:00.000-07:00

We’ve all heard it before, how bad they are for the environment, how they are a waste of fossil fuels, how they are ruining the planet. Some of you maybe have obviously recognized how bad they are and now realize how relatively easy it is to get them out of your life. But for those of you who are still on the plastic bag fence, let’s look at a few facts...

The average number of plastic bags consumed every minute around the world is roughly 1 million a minute.
Plastic bags are photodegradable, That means that if they were to sit on the surface of a landfill, and soak up the suns rays for a couple of hundred years (some say around 500 until 1,000 years).
Once you make a bag out of polyethylene (that’s the most common type of single use bag out there), it will never disappear, it’ll just break down into smaller bits, so basically, we will stuck in this planet with the plastics mountain around.
Less than 1% of plastic bags are recycled, it costs more to recycle a bag than to produce a new one.
A study in 1975, showed ocean going vessels together dumped 8 million pounds of plastic annually. The real reason that the world's landfill were not overflowing with plastic was because of most of it ended up in an ocean-fill.
Plastic bags get blown around to our landfill, seas, lake, and rivers.
Plastic bags have been found floating in north of Arctic ocean.
Nearly 200 different species of sea life including whales, dolphins, seals, and turtles die after eat plastics which they mistake for food..

LETS STOP BEING A PART OF PROBLEM..

STOP USING PLASTIC BAGS OR AT LEAST MINIMIZE IT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN..

WE LOVE OUR EARTH MORE THAN JUST SATISFY OUR NEED AS A HUMAN BEING...

COZ WE ONLY HAVE ONE PLANET TO LIVE IN...

Ecological Race Against Time in Raja Ampat

2007-10-19T17:22:00.000-07:00

Since 2005, Geoffrey Gearheart, a marine biologist and sea turtle specialist, has been collaborating with the American foundation “Conservation International” to protect the marine sites of the Raja Ampat archipelago (West Papua). Nestled in the heart of the “Coral Triangle”, this high-biodiversity marine hotspot is now under serious threat..

Let it be said that this Franco-American biologist doesn’t beat around the aquatic bush. The devastation caused by human beings in Indonesia are of such massive proportions and occur at such lightning speed that wilderness conservation agencies have been reduced to “trying to save what’s still salvageable”. Such is the case of the Raja Ampat archipelago, which includes four main islands and a myriad of small islands located in Indonesia’s Papua province, also known as “Coral Triangle”. Thus named by the scientific community, this cluster comprises three eco-regions: Sulu-Celebes, Bismarck-Solomon, and Flores-Banda stretching over Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. “Raja Ampat accounts for 75% of the world’s reef-building, and with more than 1,200 species of fish, it is by far the earth’s richest seascape”, explains this sea turtle specialist, based in Bali since 2003.

“Most big environmental NGO’s are working there”, Geoffrey Gearheart adds, reminding the layman that the biodiversity value of this area is in fact “a recent discovery barely going back to 2001-2002 at most” thus confirming the statement that New Guinea is “the last frontier of the 21^st Century”. In addition to this observation, Conservation International is mainly funded by wealthy American environmentalist, such as Harrison Ford, Gordon Moore and Rob Walton, and has started its conservation program in the region since a couple years. Relayed onsite by the local NGO Papua Sea Turtle Foundation (PSTF), the organization has only just begun confirming outstanding results, mainly on Piai Island. Back in 2006, patrols began monitoring the area. Shifts were comprised of a dozen men, sometimes even including former sea turtle fishermen themselves who successfully foiled sea turtle eggs poaching attempts. Since then, Piai Island once again became peaceful haven for these animals. With over 900 nests laid in the period of January-July 207, Piai is now on the map of Indonesia’s major green turtle nesting sites.

In December 2006, thanks to PSTF’s efforts, Piai Island – along with the islands of Sayang and Wayag – was declared a “Marine Protected Area (MPA)”. Indonesian-born PSTF’s director Ferdiel Ballamu has built a monitoring station equipped with a radio and uses two speed-boats to monitor the many lagoons (featured in the September issue of National Geographic). “Papuans now want to control their environment and its resources”, explains Geoffrey Gearheart. Bugis and Buton people from South Sulawesi, who are known throughout the Indonesian archipelago for fishing with explosives, still cross path with the boats intended for Balinese sea turtle-meat markets. Faced with these organized criminals who bribe local authorities to turn a blind eye on their lucrative activities to turn a blind eye on their lucrative activities, the PSTF patrol crafts have never hesitated to brandish make shift wooden M16 rifles to intimidate poachers when necessary.

Shark fishermen also constitute a frightening threat for Raja Ampat’s ecosystems and that of its sea turtle “in parts due to their fishing methods”, explain the biologist. Either they trawl two-kilometer long nets which eventually collect everything in their path including the sea turtles, or they longline with hundreds of hooks often baited with… turtle liver. “And when they don’t find sea turtles, they dynamite fish for bait in the lagoons”, adds Geoffrey Gearheart. Lastly, Chinese restaurants not only serve sharks fin soup as a delicacy, but sea turtle shells are also being consumed as “chips or crisps”, explain the environmentalist. It’s frequent to stumble upon reptile remains spewing out gutted – out bellies. In fact, Piai’s beaches were true turtle slaughter-sites before the PSTF began patrolling the areas.

This hands-on dedication could not exist without political good-will and community participation. “In West Papua, one must know how to work with the clans, the bupati alone cannot do everything”, comments Geoffrey Gearheart who admits spending more of his time protecting sea turtles than doing science. “It’s oftentimes necessary to use simple arguments related to their livelihoods when explaining to villagers the importance of protecting heir sea turtles”, he specifies. The priority, however, lies in the local authorities. The law of regional autonomy has been “a true disaster for Indonesia’s marine and terrestrial ecosystems”, he argues, because it has enabled the rise of countless local but nonetheless powerful politicians who are more inclined to get rich than to manage properly their natural resources. During the spare time he has, Geoffrey Gearheart tries to answer research questions related to turtle population genetics and distribution by pacing Argos satellite tags on green and hawksbill turtles. “This enables to monitor their migration routes from one island to the other”, he continues. “The sea turtle’s navigation system is still unknown”, explain this pragmatics idealist, who compares himself to “a farm doctor”, always at the bedside of sick islands. Baptized “Mr. Turtle” by this strong team of scientists sent to Raja Ampat by Conservation International, Geoffrey Gearheart says that marine program is relatively new for the foundation, and that its success and expansion will depend on other actions to come. Conservation International’s generous donors, who are amongst the wealthiest people on the planet, want to see concrete results. Therefore, they often travel in their private jets to personally visit the projects they are financing, and they are not the kind of people to be satisfied with tedious annual progress report.

Taken from The Communities of Indonesia n°4 – October 2007

Treasure for All

2007-10-19T01:01:00.000-07:00

Books which I’ve been ordered from Amazon.com arrive today. There one book that I take and read for the first time. It’s title: “Stuff – The Secret Live of everyday things”. That book is thin, 86 pages only, but information inside it telling story about thousand miles journey of our things from where it belong until where it end.

It start when I was on elementary school, at the first time I’ve known that plastic need hundreds of years to destroyed, sometimes I thought about: “Who is so crazy to create something that can endure hundreds of years but its only use for hours, or maybe seconds??”. Candy pack were only hold for ten seconds on hand, then went to garbage bin, buried underground, and destroyed after the candy eater become fossil.

Hard to imagine, life without plastics, without paints, without soaps, without rubbers, without machines, without gasoline, and without fashions. And as customer in modern trading system, knowledge chain about the beginning and end for everything that we consume have been cut since we was born. We don’t know and don’t trained to care where Styrofoam which pack our bread gone, how much tree which cutting down for newspaper which we only read for half an hour, pollution for season shirts which we bought only for fun.

For daily activities which we past on without thinking, which seems common, have we ever count that to live 24 hours we can expense earth resources several times bigger than our weight?

To clean 200 cc urines, we use 3 litres of water. To wash coffee cup, we need a washbasin of water. To produce a slice burger meat that enough for a half day, need about 2,400 litres of water. Production for one set PC amount 24 kg that stay on our working table also produce 62 kg waste, using 27,574 litres of water, and consumed 2,300 kWh of electricity. How about a little chip inside it? Waste which produce from its production process is 4,500 times heavier from that chip weights.

Knowing about this hidden link could emerge some kind of reactions. We could be frustrated because squeeze in lifestyle which hard to compromise, we also more careless because don’t want to worry about it. Clearly, the time to open this knowledge has come. Nature lesson, beside learning about leaves and frog surgery, could become more specific by learning about start and end from things that we consumed, so responsibility to our nature, have been socialize since childhood.

Have we ever imagine, when we enter a four floor factory outlet building or clothes market, can’t all those clothes and stuff fulfilled all people needs for a city? But why those things never stop to produce? Everyday there are crowd of new clothes which enter the market. Have we ever think, when we enter hypermarket and see hundreds kind of biscuits, hundreds variant of instant noodles, and hundreds of soap brands: should we have choices that much? Have we ever think, what we want actually far more than what we needs?

By the name of sufficiency, one man can live with five pair of clothes or more. By the name of fashion, that amount became unlimited. By the name of needs, a man can live with a few choices of food for a day. By the name style and passion, the whole world will not be able to fulfilled one man wants.

This matter can be seen in some point of view. An economy expert could blame capitalism and globalization. A socialist would say this is about distribution and evenness of distribution. But if we tracing one by one, this world is an association of many nations, nations is association of clans, and clan is association of individuals, this problem will turn back to us. And our awareness and willingness would make possibility for a real change.

Never been in human history, a man decision became so important. No need to wait America agree with Protocol of Kyoto, no need to wait forest destroyer to get arrested, every our step – choose brands, quantity, place, life style – is political and ecological choice which will determine the whole world future.

Right now, I still could not stay away from computer because it is my work instrument, but I’ve more aware with time use and shut it down when don’t need it. I still could not sacrifice needs for information, but I can choose to read news from internet or read newspaper in public places then become a direct customer. How about fashion? In this world of publicity, which profession make me should show in public, I also can’t sacrifice needs for fashion (read: buying more than needs), but I can made a commitment with my cupboard, which is clothes that I have can’t be more than my cupboard capacity. If more, then there is something that should going out. And every month I should facing reality that there are some clothes which I’ve never use for more than a year or a clothes that I only use for one time and never wear it again. Not only clothes, there are books, house things, kitchen stuff, even soap or shampoo which never been touch. In the end, inside my house there are some kind of treasure boxes, which full with stuff that should out, because if it still stay, it just become useless. Those treasure need to get outlet for distribution.

Every 17th August (Celebration of Indonesia Independence Day), in my neighbourhood always run a charity fairs. The citizen rent a stand to selling stuff. I’ve always participated, and I’m the only one used stuff seller between new stuff sellers. Because not for find some profits, I sold those stuff in very cheap price. The buyer is not only the people around, but also from other place. 1st day, I’ve already run out of sell things. Like or not, I should contact my brothers and sisters which probably have used stuff to sell. Same with me, they also have treasure without knowing what it used for. My stand became the most popular at charity time. And my sister so surprise with income that she gets from stuffs that should be garbage.

Selling in charity fairs of course not the only way, there are many other creative ways to use our treasure, including for charity. But it more difficult to began a commitment to strict ourselves. Commitment with books racks, with cupboard, with bathroom, with kitchen, and the most important, our selves. Are we ready to make strict and walk on that corridor.

And the more difficult things is, self control from the beginning when we meet choices which attack us everyday, then aware with the causal link which following our choices. Open mind for info and ecological knowledge is a good beginning. Even it seems make us busy and frustrating, but plastic bag that we throw away this morning won’t be gone by magic, and hamburger that we eat not pick from tree. Link which following those things won’t be gone just because we refuse to know.

Many people give comment to me: “you just make life harder!” Yeah, they are right, life is not easy. That’s why we have to learn to respect it. Life simple, life with slower tempo, life with awareness, not only help us to more controllable, but also help this earth and millions of people that became industrial footwear to fulfilling our own consuming passion.

Evil circles? Yes. But it doesn’t mean we can’t change. All the time we are running buyer. In high speed we do transaction without knowing what we really look for. Stop for a moment. Let’s walk.

Taken from a note by Dewi Lestari