This site's a compendium of people, places, ideas and things I love (at least noticed) and want to share. About Emily
Beyuls are hidden lands of spiritual treasure tucked into the Himalayas. They are fabled to be accessible only to those pure of mind and heart. Now all you need is Google Earth or Google Maps. Rolf Gross has posted a Google Earth extension for the “Power Places of Tibetan Buddhism”: an annotated… collection of [...]
Looking forward to seeing Tom Vendetti’s new film, Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness, after viewing the compelling trailer.
Related links:
BhutanFilm.com
Interview on Hawaii Public Radio
“Bhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness” (John Wehrheim)Bhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness Book with photographs by John Wehrheim
An interview with John Wehrheim, Bhutan documentary writer in Kauai World News
Endless knot shutters in Thimphu, Bhutan, 2005. Photo by Emily Davidow
Salon: Graeme Wheeler on GNH and Climate Change in Bhutan
While giving a speech in Bhutan on Nov. 5, World Bank managing director Graeme Wheeler used the endless knot to symbolize how “we are all connected in a web of mutual interdependence,” devoted much of his [...]
“I loathe the bus. There has to be a more dignified means of transportation.” -Sixteen Candles
What’s the best way to get from New York to Boston? It’s not the Delta Shuttle or Amtrak Acela. Forget about Fung Wah and Vamoose. The most fabulous, luxurious and yet relatively environmentally friendly way to get from the [...]
Taksang Monastery, Bhutan
Check out the first trailer for Bhutan: Journey with Robert Thurman, a spiritual adventure film and multimedia experience through the land that measures progress in GNH (Gross National Happiness).
The Frontal Cortex : The Subjectivity of Wine
Experience is what happens when our senses are interpreted by our subjective brain, which brings to the moment its entire library of personal memories and idiosyncratic desires.
(tags: wine science psychology evolution brain senses perception consciousness subjectivity taste)
workbookproject.com
an open source social experiment for content creators
(tags: filmmaking Film distribution diy Blog video social howto)
blueprintcss – Google Code
Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even [...]
“Lower Case N, Standing on a Hill,” from classic Sesame Street
My day started off with some of the brilliant skits and songs that instilled in me an early and abiding love for letters, letterforms and language: Lower-case N, Standing on a Hill from Sesame Street, Easy Reader and the Adventures of Letterman from Electric Company. [...]
Emily’s honored to participate in this weekend’s Wellesley Business Leadership Council plenary gathering on Climate Change. She’ll be speaking with Henrietta Fore and Mei-Mei Tuan during a session titled “Conversations With…”
Kenro Izu, “Druk #131″, Taksang Monastery, Paro, Bhutan 2003
Kenro Izu: Bhutan, the Sacred Within
November 2, 2007–February 18, 2008
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
What a treat to hear Kenro Izu talk with Owen Flanagan at the Rubin Museum of Art in conjunction with the opening of his exhibition of photographs, “Bhutan: [...]
IE Best Buy Polo Shirts at Improv Everywhere
I’ll always have a soft spot for the corporate polo, since it was the required uniform in my family’s business growing up. The best ones, of course, are subversive. This is based on Improv Everywhere’s indelible Best Buy mission that had over 60 agents dress in the distinctive [...]
Kenny Ausubel: What It Will Take to Build a Sustainable U.S.
“Resilience Thinking.” The first principle of resilience thinking is systems thinking: It’s all connected, from the web of life to human systems. “You can only solve the whole problem,” says Huey Johnson of the Resource Renewal Institute. Manage environmental and human systems as one system. [...]
Eye-Fi Wireless Camera 2GB SD Memory Card
This is brilliant – a 2GB SD card for your camera that automagically uploads images to flickr (and many more services) when on a wifi network. (Thanks Photojojo!)
(tags: photography wifi wireless camera cool gadgets flickr mobile photo technology)
Undercover Jun Takashi’s Brain Bag
Definitely my it-bag for fall. (Thanks, Coolhunting!)
(tags: brain [...]
