Its a very intresting challenge that brought actually some memories. I was raised in lebanon where electricity is rare and we do rely on generators as much as we do on the connected grid electricity (whatever it is called).. however, the generator's limits and capacity may not be sufficient to light up the wh*** house. so here where we got creative.. I asked my dad to install a large UPS which is an Uninterruptible Power supply…

http://sustentator.org/blog-en/2010/04/one-of-the-competing-houses-in-solar-decathlon-2010/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdnNPfIm_ag

As you all now by now that I am following Sergio Palleroni's work and this video is a great introduction to e2 design movement for design sustainabile cities. he is one of the pioneers of this movement.

http://www.e2-series.com/ take a look at the website if you haven't seen it yet :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-Z2-X0Ar4

I actually watched Sergio Palleroni in this Lecture at Elisava University in barcelona.

he really inspired me when he talked about his interst in contributing to South American cultures where he originally come from.

He discussed central Mexico where pharmaceutical industrialization happened and how iit drove people from the agricultural susburbs to move in…

As the picture I drew depicts the following:

*I will be lying down somewhere by the Red Sea

** I will be raising my dog and little garden

***My dog's barking on the crabs tell me its time to prepare lunch..

**** The fire of the self made barbeque set is ready to get those lobsters, pick couple of…

As I have mentioned before that I am currently living in Barcelona for 6 months now, I have been strolling thru the streets and looking around for opportunities to volunteer or create an event that promotes good nutrition and health, sustainable self-reliant and collaborative family scale farming...

Eureka!

I am living in a new apartment building of 10 floors and each floor has 4 apartments (3 bedrooms) and has a beautiful sun deck roof... It is fully inhabited which means that…

I imagine being an activist constantly on the call to different kind of crisis and challenges in 10 years from now.. and when I am tired and depressed I will promote Self empowerment campaigns to help individuals like me find where they belong on earth and how beneficial they could be if they chanel their creativity into social works..

I do strongly believe that an architect or any designer should address societal problems thru his/her interventions.. I believe no amount of awareness…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Palleroni

Sergio Palleroni is an architectural activist who is Co-founder and Director of the BaSiC Initiative, is a Professor and Fellow of the new Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices at Portland State University. He has been a Professor at the University of Texas, Austin and University of Washington, where in 1995 he co-founded the BaSiC Initiative with Professor David…

I have been living in Barcelona for 6 months now, and I decided to look deeper into food and agriculture sector of this country. Barcelona has been shifting from agricultural to industrial city. there are alot of programs by NGO's trying to appeal and facilitate matters to young farmers but my guess there is not much going on or not well doc**ented on the net. However, I noticed that barcelona lacks the human capital for the agricultural sector, so alot of immigrants are coming to fulfill…

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable.html

this is a fine doc**ent that talks about the history of fois gras and it inspired me to boy-cott forced fois gras after I have learnt that there has been natural farming methods to obtain better result here in south of Spain. So everytime I go out with my friends to restaurants I inquire on the source of the fois gras.. offcourse…

I have been looking into African communities for a social innovation to fight poverty, food and water insecurities and to create a better, positive, sustainable community. I have been to arabian deserts before and I don't mind living like a bedouin to see how could I contribute in fighting dertification and lack of education and opportunities of these people but simply I don't think that its necessary to really live and lead a nomadic life to acknowledge the fact that these people are…