haldjas

matagor:

snowfish and raindeer

once upon a time
there lived a snowfish and a raindeer
they wanted to be best friends, but alas!
there was no way they could be
at the same time at the same place

because when snowfish was feeling good and cold,
then the raindeer feared to be frozen
and when the weather was good for the raindeer,
the snowfish started to melt…

every time
they could only meet
for a moment in the wind
and gaze longingly into each other’s eyes

then again in haste they would have to part
raindeer crying rainbows
and snowfish with his frozen heart

poem by haldjas

my talented friend matagor illustrated my poem. go follow matagor’s tumblelog!

abluegirl:

Living Wall

These vegetated surfaces don’t just look pretty. They have other benefits as well, including cooling city blocks, reducing loud noises, and improving a building’s energy efficiency.What’s more, a recent modeling study shows that green walls can potentially reduce large amounts of air pollution in what’s called a “street canyon,” or the corridor between tall buildings.

For the study, Thomas Pugh, a biogeochemist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, and his colleagues created a computer model of a green wall with generic vegetation in a Western European city. Then they recorded chemical reactions based on a variety of factors, such as wind speed and building placement.

The simulation revealed a clear pattern: A green wall in a street canyon trapped or absorbed large amounts of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter—both pollutants harmful to people, said Pugh. Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.

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elvesandgnomes:

exactly how it is for me….

(Source: vacantgang)

The only way to deal with an un-free world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

(Source: haldjas.org)

only you know what makes you smile
only you know who’s worth your while
and there’s nothing i can say
and nothing i can do
there’s only one who has the answers -
that is you

[just now. gonna be new song, maybe]

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.

- Dr. Seuss