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Now Read This: ‘City of the Plague God,’ ‘Girls Garage’
Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! Books recommended by the Hawaii State Library: “City of the Plague God” By Sarwat Chadda Sik just wants to live an ordinary life, but that changes when Nergal, the Mesopotamian plague god, shows up looking for him. Why is Nergal pursuing him and can he save Manhattan from the plague?
To remake the world, give girls all the (power) tools
By Emily Pilloton6 minute Read When I used a miter saw for the first time, its 12-inch blade spinning at 3,000 rpm to cut through lumber like butter, I felt like a superhero. With a firm grip and focused eye, the machine screamed, the sawdust flew, and what was once one wooden board became two. It was as if the might of the saw itself had osmosed into my hands, arms, and heart.
Girls Garage: Teaching girls to fear less and build more
I spent a recent Monday afternoon with a group of teenage girls I’ve known for the better part of a decade, prototyping the lumber joinery for a city parklet we’re building. On Tuesday, my co-instructor, Augusta, and I taught first-time welder girls how to fuse metal, the safety helmets almost too big for their 9-year-old heads. On Wednesday, a dozen teenage girls of color convened to finish the graphic designs for their protest posters, which we’ll screen-print en masse in the coming weeks.
Design library: International Women’s Day edition
Doggerel is always on the lookout for good books. In recognition of International Women’s Day, here are selections from, by, or about women, covering topics from empathy in design to the challenge of defining diversity.
How to give back for the holidays
Christmas is a great day for traditions. Some families make a giant turkey, some roast chestnuts, while others tear open presents with grandma at the crack of dawn. This year, allow me to suggest a new tradition: Giving Back For Christmas. What better day to be thankful for the gifts you received, then give back to the world.
YVES BEHAR LED LEAF LAMP
Yves Behar’s graceful and gestural Leaf lamp may well be the best known LED desk lamp of our era. Debuting last year at ICFF 2006, the iconic “eco lamp” won rave reviews and garnered a lot of attention and spots on magazine covers for its lyrical form and use of new technology. We’d like to hear what you think about the Yves Behar leaf lamp… Design classic? Or over hyped? Stay tuned for an interview with Yves Behar later this afternoon, in which he weighs in on his approach to sustainable design.
Video Interview with Green Prefab Home Designer Michelle Kaufmann
At a West Coast Green conference in San Francisco, we were lucky enough to not only get a sneak peek of the Michelle Kaufmann mkLotus prefab house, but also to speak with the designer herself to get the low-down on the sleekly-designed zero energy home. Check out the video to learn all the details about the energy, water, and materials packed into this compact sustainable home. The mkLotus was open to the public as part of the West Coast Green show at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza.
Power Tools Are For Girls
Sparks rose and fell in an arc to the sound of the metallic popping and buzzing of the welder. Laila was in position leaning over the table, her welding helmet down, her body covered head to toe in protective gear. She moved the welding gun in a bob-and-weave motion like sewing, completing the fillet weld with ease. “Clear,” she declared when finished. The four girls around her lowered their masks, Laila raised her helmet to reveal a huge smile and her pigtail braids. “I did it!” she said.
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