The wind and the sun

The wind says to the sun: “I am stronger than you!” “No,” says the sun to the wind. “I am stronger than you!” The wind says: “Look at that man with his coat. If I can make him take off his coat, I am the strongest.” “OK,” says the sun. “And if I can make the man take off his coat, I am the strongest.” And so the wind blows and blows. But the wind makes the man feel cold. He pulls his coat around him. And then the sun shines on the man. It makes him feel hot. He takes off his coat. “See!” says the sun to the wind, “I am the strongest.”

Quiz 3

Now: Who can guess what this is? :-) Anne

One Laptop per Child

Last lesson we had a discussion about Negroponte's project to make a laptop for children in developing countries - laptops that cost only $100. Some of you thought it was a very good idea, but others thought it was not such a great project. You can listen to the text we read here.
If you want to find out more about the project, you can watch Negroponte describe it in a talk he gave in 2006.

Anne

Picture Quiz 2

Great guesses! Now: can you tell what this is?
Tip: It's not man-made.
CU L8R (= See you later)
Anne







PS: Here's the solution picture to this quiz!

Picture Quiz

Let's have some fun and guess a picture: Who can tell what this is?
Post your comment below (click on the word "comments" below).

See you Thursday,

Anne

Posting a comment

Dear all,

To post a comment, please click on the word "comments" below, write in your message and send. If you click on the picture of the envelope, you send an email to a colleague. I'm sorry, I mixed up these two buttons in my email last week - maybe because of Friday 13th!

You don't have to sign in (anmelden) to send a comment. If you don't sign in your message will be posted from "anonymous", so please type in your name after your message. When I know that all of you can use this communication platform that will make my day = mir den Tag versüßen ;-) !

Question: Would you like to take a summer break? The Climate Design group is thinking of taking all of August off, but this has not been finalized. I cannot teach the last week in August. Please discuss your summer plans with your course mates and post a short comment.

Have a lovely week, and see you on 19 July.

Best regards,
Anne

New reference material

Dear Climate Designers,

Many of you have said you would like reference material – something in your hand! In your wiki, you can now find reference material for telephoning and letters/email. Just download these materials and print them out. You will also find some questions to think about.

I look forward to seeing you on 12 July!

Anne