Peninsular Villages – Zhanghu 樟湖

china, villages, fishing, boats

Roosevelt Rd in Taipei: Hard Hats Recommended

About a month ago, I noticed that the sidewalk in front of our building, which is directly across from Tai Power on Roosevelt Rd., was blocked with planters and plastic tape.
I initially assumed it was because a new sign was being installed or some minor construction up on one of the floors above.

After a week [...]

Game Called Off Because of Coal

Between Taiping and Liujiacun (怮, 隸模游, two little Min River towns), I passed some guys burning their fields, then came to an abandoned lumber mill that was now being used to store coal. Behind this was a clan temple. While snooping around the clan temple, the backboard came into view, and so I climbed [...]

Pinyin Battle Goes On (and on and on…)

After long debate and no small amount of ideologically (and even economically) driven arguments, all parts of Taiwan, with the notable exception of Taipei City, had settled on the use of Tongyong Pinyin as the national romanization (transliteration) standard. But as the shift in powers have swayed, the new Taiwan government announced its adoption of [...]

Tammy talks about sustainability and business scenarios

Because of my work helping indigenous entrepreneurs in Taiwan and promoting permaculture in Taiwan, I was invited to give a short introduction to sustainability trends in business. Preceding me were many presentations on product design. Following me were longer presentations on specialty farming and indigenous craft marketing. You can see my presentation here
http://www.3i.org.tw/modules/news008/article.php?storyid=10

黑比牛耶

Happy New Year of the Ox, indeed! This clever Mandarin Chinese transliteration of “happy new year” comes by way of a Turuku friend.