bye bye

This blog was discontinued ages ago!
Where do blogs go when they die? Do they live some sort of afterlife?
Any thoughts on this?

Christmas surfing

Hey ClimaDesigners,
There's nothing like a little surf music to get your spirits up. When you're done eating all those Lebkuchen and digging into your mother's Christmas goose (or whatever else you are sinning on these days), tune in to this great music podcast and dance away the Christmas blues.
Wishing you a stomping 2008!
Anne

White Christmas

Here's wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the coming year.
Here are musical greetings for you. And here is the original scene from the movie.

Find more videos like this on www.truveo.com.

Anne

P.S. In case you are still looking for phrases for your Christmas mail, here are some suggestions:

Merry Christmas and best wishes for a very happy New Year.

Thank you very much for being such a good business partner/such good customers and for placing your trust in us.

For the holidays we wish you and your dear ones/your family happiness and peace and a fresh start in the New Year.

Alternatives:

Happy holidays!
Season’s greetings!
May this be the best year ever!
Wishing you a New Year of happiness.
We wish you all the best in the coming year.
Best wishes for a bright and beautiful season.
Holiday greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
May you and your family have a joyous holiday season.
Warm wishes to you and your dear ones this holiday season.
We send our warmest wishes for a joy-filled and bountiful season.
I hope that 2007 was a good year for you and that 2008 will be even better.
I wish you a world of peace during this season and always.

Global Warming

We are used to hearing how global warming endangers animals in northern regions. But do you know it is already affecting people there as well? On an Island in Alaska, villages are falling into the ocean as the permafrost melts and the intensity of the storms increases. Listen to an Innuit housewife talk about her hopes and fears.

Anne

Do and make stories

Early in the morning at 5 o'clock I got up and first I made some coffee. My neighbour was making a lot of noise, because he was making a call - he was calling his uncle in America.

Afterwards I called him to make an appointment to speak about his early morning calls. He made a suggestion that we should meet in two months, because he was going on holiday. Therefore I got angry and made a fuss, spoke louder and louder - but it made no difference to him.

Anita, Gabi & Petra

Those who weren't there, try this quiz!

Anne

ClimateDesign needs teaching vocabulary

Here are some links for didactics at the college level: Learning theory; Project-based instruction; Teaching tips

Here are nice links I found for teaching architecture to school children. You might find inspiration for your postgrad students.

1. This website features “a weekly dose” (eine wöchentliche Dosis) of architecture http://www.archidose.org/past.html.

2. Didactics at school – The George Lucas Educational Foundation.
http://www.edutopia.org/index.php

3. There was a series on skyscrapers on PBS (public TV) that includes some great materials (including a glossary): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/sitemap.html

Anne

Picture Quiz 4

This one is really hard - who can guess what it is?
Anne














Here comes the solution - can you find the thing we are looking for on this tractor ;-) ?