… at the brink of mass tourism It was in the mid eighties when I first took the train “El Cheppe”. I entered Mexico in Tijuana and made slowly my way down to the southern edge of Baja Calfiornia. There was a ferry in La Paz crossing the Bay of California and reaching “mainland” Mexico […]
In our interview/podcats series for “cities as biospheres” – an art-driven innovation lab to reduce carbon emissions and other materials harmful to the environment in our cities – I’ve spoken with Regina Cohen. Regina is a Shaman based in New York City and Rio de Janeiro. She hast started community gardens in Brooklyn in 2015, […]
I arrived in Santa Fe, New Mexico (NM) on July 1, 2023. SInce then I am enjoying Synergia Ranch. It is 20 miles outside of Santa Fe – a lovely spot, and ideal for writing. This is what I did here: Writing! However, once in a while I went on a little trip – The […]
In 1969 some pioneers from all over the US bought a piece of land close to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Until today it is well-known as Synergia Ranch – a Center for Innovation and Retreats. The Ranch is home to individuals who were the original inventors, creators, designers and managers of the Biosphere 2 project […]
In our interview/podcats series for “cities as biospheres” – an art-driven innovation lab to reduce carbon emissions and other materials harmful to the environment in our cities – I’ve spoken with Eike Roswag-Klinge. Eike is professor at the Technische Universität (TU) Berlin, and is partner at ZRS Architekten in Berlin. I’ve asked him the following […]
… I just can’t adjust to screen reading and I do prefer reading to listening, so audiobooks are also no alternative for me. Therefore I end up carrying books around the world. When I arrived in the US a few weeks ago I had 16 (!) books in my suitcase. Heavy. Crazy. But that’s just […]
Yesterday I finally got my account with OpenAI. I was hesitant to use the technology because I didn’t want to be part of making these things even smarter. Yet my curiosity took over and I started to playing around. I wasn’t more than 10 minutes on OpenAI. A few very simple questions about myself and […]
Recently I traveled overland from Toronto, Canada, to Santa Fe in New Mexico, US via bus and train. All in all I was for 3.5 days on the road, one day longer than expected. But never mind, it was a lovely journey and I enjoyed it. I was looking, reading, writing, doing nothing every now […]
In late March/early April 2023 I spent two weeks on the beautiful island of Zanzibar, a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. I was there before but never made it out of Stone Town, its vibrant and multicultural capital. Before I reached I connected via Facebook with Julie Gunn who moved here just […]
Many people are asking me WHERE are you travelling next? Maybe one out of a hundred is asking me WHY are you travelling? I find the latter the much more interesting question I don’t have a bucket list. I don’t travel to cross destinations off a list. I rather travel to understand better and learn […]