ricardo ruiz wrote:
> hi @ll
>
> there is a friend of us, Tremedeira that has a relly interesting
> project ongoing - -
>
> he bought a piece of land somewhere around here:
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=pt-BR&geocode=&q=barreiras,+bahia&jsv=107&ie=UTF8&ll=-11.35349,-44.171906&spn=0.534527,0.933838&t=h&z=10
>
> it was a really cheap piece of land, around 5.000 reais (around 2.500
> US$) for 10 ha. Why is so cheap?
> because it is located in one of the most rain-free areas of the
> country. If you can't afford an massive irrigation program, you are
> not able to grow anything there. And it is a really hot place to live.
>
> and why did he bought it?
>
> because the vegetation here, called caatinga,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caatinga , for the caracteristics of the
> region climate, is the type of vegetation that consumes more carbon
> from atmosphere to constitute itself. biologically, it seen obvious: a
> plant that have no water and no rich substances on the soil must get
> it's constitution from somewhere - the air.
>
> so he is maintaining a piece of original vegetation and selling carbon
> to developed countries that need to buy carbon-quotes (how do you call
> this in english?). I've got really jealous about his project: maintain
> a piece of natural forest and create money from it.
>
> so i was thinking on how can we create an international fund to buy
> pieces of native caatinga vegetation as an art project to keep the
> worlds atmosphere as clean as possible. do you girls and guys think it
> is possible?
>
> one with the lands, we can also suggest artistic residences into these
> areas - i know, it is really hot, but there is alos many people
> leaving in the Sertão area of Brazil (sertão is an old name for this
> region), and also documenting their activities and their studies. i
> also thought of a webblog with information about the area, how much
> carbon is it consuming and how much oxigen it is producing, online
> donations and so on....
>
>
hi all!
thanx for sharing you ideas ricardo - brazilian coffy and your mail put
me in a state of extasy. so im in, i think hacking culture funds for
this idea is what i can start doing immediately.
also we are making a team that is working on generative software that
would hack art/culture (and why not other) applications for porjects.
read more on the
http://www.gentlejunk.net/projects/tiki-index.php?page=BINARY+KRUNO
the idea for software came around when my friends lesh and anna were
joking on how i apply for different art projects and than use money for
getting somewhere and drink beer and have fun. lesh said that he could
replicate my life with simple mathematical algorithm in python, and i
added more thoughts. ale and palm are interested in developing idea, and
we are looking for more collaborators that are semantic web orientated.
culture industry is project based, and it is founded by companies,
governments, funds that have their agendas. people who consume this
culture dont understand how preconditioned they are. (uuh, i like this
paranoia touch). i can already see how minister of culture in croatia
thinks he is gonna be on tv because ministry is investing money in this
HUUUGE land art project in brasil :)
btw - is this something that is a good point for discussion on descentro
list for EU - 3world - brasil founds and could be extended to bricoslabs
list?
all the best!
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