http://global-culture.org/the-beginning/ Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:40:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://global-culture.org/the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-98618 one global culture Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:24:16 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/05/21/the-beginning/#comment-98618 [...] is how I started this blog over two years ago. Since then the idea of a global culture has continued to evolve and I [...] [...] is how I started this blog over two years ago. Since then the idea of a global culture has continued to evolve and I [...]

]]> http://global-culture.org/the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-26030 Global Culture » one year Tue, 22 May 2007 04:18:58 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/05/21/the-beginning/#comment-26030 [...] Today, a year ago, I started this blog. One hundred and fifty posts later I’m facing yet another “writer’s block”. As an exercise to get myself to start writing quickly (it is almost midnight), I try to remember the important events of the last year: certainly the highlight would have to be the arrival of my son. I have to admit that I almost dropped this blog a few weeks into it because I figured I wouldn’t have enough time, being a new parent; but felt a weird remorse thinking that I would set a poor example to my kid. It doesn’t matter that he is not among my readers, the fact is I kept going because of him. Before I knew, the research that went into writing this blog started to increase my awareness of the world around me, allowing me to craft new ideas of what the perfect future should look like. Now I realize that I was just trying to be a little bit more responsible for the sake of my family. [...] [...] Today, a year ago, I started this blog. One hundred and fifty posts later I’m facing yet another “writer’s block”. As an exercise to get myself to start writing quickly (it is almost midnight), I try to remember the important events of the last year: certainly the highlight would have to be the arrival of my son. I have to admit that I almost dropped this blog a few weeks into it because I figured I wouldn’t have enough time, being a new parent; but felt a weird remorse thinking that I would set a poor example to my kid. It doesn’t matter that he is not among my readers, the fact is I kept going because of him. Before I knew, the research that went into writing this blog started to increase my awareness of the world around me, allowing me to craft new ideas of what the perfect future should look like. Now I realize that I was just trying to be a little bit more responsible for the sake of my family. [...]

]]> http://global-culture.org/the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-6347 Global Culture » 2006: just the beginning Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:16:16 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/05/21/the-beginning/#comment-6347 [...] When I started posting for Global Culture I did it with a feeling that the task at hand was important, but without a predefined plan. I gave myself these first few months to debate the relevance of the concepts with those interested, to test some dark places and avoid some very common ones. The only thing I knew was that the learning process would be intense and would help me figure out what should come next. [...] [...] When I started posting for Global Culture I did it with a feeling that the task at hand was important, but without a predefined plan. I gave myself these first few months to debate the relevance of the concepts with those interested, to test some dark places and avoid some very common ones. The only thing I knew was that the learning process would be intense and would help me figure out what should come next. [...]

]]> http://global-culture.org/the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-3451 Global Culture » is far coast cool? Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:12:04 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/05/21/the-beginning/#comment-3451 [...] Since I don’t drink coffee, it is hard for me to judge them on the quality of their product. And as hinted by my very first post I must have some sort of obsession with coffee: Global Culture should not be about MacDonalds and Starbucks in every little town around the world. It should be the opposite: being able to experience your own cultural heritage in the context of a foreign community. So if you come from Venezuela, where good coffee is a century-old tradition, you should be able to find the equivalent to your traditional coffee house wherever you go. If done well, becoming a global citizen should not require you to loose your cultural baggage. [...] [...] Since I don’t drink coffee, it is hard for me to judge them on the quality of their product. And as hinted by my very first post I must have some sort of obsession with coffee: Global Culture should not be about MacDonalds and Starbucks in every little town around the world. It should be the opposite: being able to experience your own cultural heritage in the context of a foreign community. So if you come from Venezuela, where good coffee is a century-old tradition, you should be able to find the equivalent to your traditional coffee house wherever you go. If done well, becoming a global citizen should not require you to loose your cultural baggage. [...]

]]> http://global-culture.org/the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Global Culture » our first two months Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:32:53 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/05/21/the-beginning/#comment-42 [...] First post: May 21st, 2006: the beginning. [...] [...] First post: May 21st, 2006: the beginning. [...]

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