Are you thinking about making the switch to natural hair dye (aka henna)? If so, here are 11 Things To Know Before Using Henna Hair Dye! I’ve been using henna on my hair for the last few years, minus a quick blip when I decided to lighten my hair last summer, only to then return…
In October 2016, 40000 people gathered in Quito, Ecuador, for the United Nations Habitat III Conference. Unlike other UN processes that focus on national government engagement, “H3” also saw 5000 city leaders make their voices heard, meeting in Quito and Bogotá (Colombia) at related local government events. They did so to ensure the final document adopted, the…
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James’ fixed gear bike in China – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country Wow. It has been an inexcusable amount of time since I last wrote an article on here. For the past two and a half months I have been living overseas in the southern most part of China (Hainan Island). I…
The Metropole Bookshelf is an opportunity for authors of forthcoming or recently published books to let the UHA community know about their new work in the field. By Joseph Godlewski I was trained to be suspicious of origins. The search for metaphysical starting points has always seemed haunted by romantic essentialist beliefs and fraught with…
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Once again I have had circumstances that have taken me away from being present here on Blogger as well as from moving forward with my “Imperfect Strangers” book project. I feel akin to Mooch, the cat featured in the Mutts comic strip atop this entry and I must confess, the longer I’m away from my…
An extensive exhibition titled Ai Weiwei. Don Quixote will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León (MUSAC) in León, Spain, on November 9. This ambitious project showcases a variety of works, including large-scale installations, pieces created with toy bricks, and films. Spanning around 1,700 square meters—more than half of the museum’s…
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Centre St. Jax. Monday June 14 2024 The Montreal “Straw Scene” symposium in honour of Will Straw’s pending retirement from McGill University, was an extended discussion of “scene.” This is a collecting and organizing concept, but a less abstract term than “assemblage” as Georgina Born notes. This caught my attention in relation to my interest…
Urban Ag Ambassador Spotlight: PatrickSomerville Urban Ag Ambassadors receive free ag training in exchange for 30 hours of community service This past summer I worked at the community garden at the Chuckie Harris Park in East Somerville. The garden was in difficult shape. We also struggled with attracting input and interest from…
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Seed saving is the art of collecting the seed from your crop and using it in subsequent seasons to grow new plants. Even if you save only small quantities of a few crops, understanding more about the life cycle, breeding tendencies, and botany of your crops will help you manage and care for them more…
So here I am again leaving Helsinki five years after my last visit and my last comments posted here in2013. So before I put down my thoughts about the latest developments, most notably the Airport Ring Line and the first stage of the Länsimetro to Espoo, I want to add some updates to the earlier…
