An old shot from near Malang; sourcing stone for Green Village!

Kadek is helping me build my new website. Stay tuned!

Al Gore + Rolling Stone

You can read Al's full Rolling Stone article here.

Cameron Sinclair came to visit us (GS + GV) yesterday! Think Architecture For Humanity (AFH) and this:

Blackwater: The rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army (Jeremy Scahill)

This is not a book you will want to read, but it is a book you should read. (Jeremy Scahill is behind this book.)

A short, on "The Green School of Bali" (by Jahmin Lerum)

Weekend watching (one of my classics)... John Hardy + the Association of Siamese Architects

Did you catch my QI Global talk yet? If not, here's a Friday treat.

These structures comprise a veritable catalogue of countless ways that bamboo can be used as a building material.

Our friend and architect guru, Rafael Gomez-Moriana, came to visit us last week. These were some of his thoughts on the Green School. For the record, I was told Rafael's eyes were bluging throughout his visit at the Green School and Green Village. Not unlike the appearance of a kid in a candy shop.

The (Bill) Gates Notes. Have you heard of these? | www.thegatesnotes.com

This sentence will lead you to a place where one can explore the Gates Notes (if one chooses this path of course).