Archives by Tag 'time and responsibility'

Bringing Forth Sense and Structure in Haiti

By Critt Jarvis - Last updated: Sunday, January 17, 2010

The Crisis in Haiti “When disaster strikes the second disaster that looms is the efficiency and impact of the three R’s – Response, Recovery and Reconstruction. As seen by the poor response by FEMA after Hurricane Katrina, lives are lost when a coordinated effort is not conducted. In a developing country like Haiti the biggest [...]

Layers

By Critt Jarvis - Last updated: Friday, January 15, 2010

Layers Your ecosystem is composed of layers. Look to the layers: there you will find time and responsibility, the order of civilization. I’ve come to think this way from my reading of Stewart Brand’s, Clock of the Long Now. Tell me what you see?

Haiti: If not (long) now, then when?

By Critt Jarvis - Last updated: Friday, January 15, 2010

Perturbating the order of civilization Beneath Nature’s ground, an earthquake in Haiti. One so devastating, it shocks Culture into chaos; local Governance has no assembly. With its Infrastructure crushed, there is no capacity for Commerce; and Fashion has no market. Doctors are on the way As is food and water. But who will administer the [...]