tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236788721118809859.post6895358271724097116..comments2023-10-28T04:39:02.866-07:00Comments on Eco Experiment: Just a Brief Update - On Furniture, Lime Paint and Other HorrorsLaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832545657562957725noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236788721118809859.post-2529023322216258452012-01-19T16:44:18.823-08:002012-01-19T16:44:18.823-08:00Oh, and sorry if it was a bit incoherent, I was al...Oh, and sorry if it was a bit incoherent, I was almost falling asleep behind the computer (we're in a different timezone!) and then just decided to hit 'publish' anyway! :)Laylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832545657562957725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236788721118809859.post-35483035492791980862012-01-19T15:59:06.382-08:002012-01-19T15:59:06.382-08:00Hi Tamara!
I finally managed to post some more ab...Hi Tamara!<br /><br />I finally managed to post some more about your questions... It was very thought-provoking... and not easy to write in short & snappy form (with pics) - at least for me!:) <br /><br />So I answered in <a href="http://ecoexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/12/modern-day-thoreau-hmm.html" rel="nofollow">a separate blog post</a> (and some of it on your blog already:) <br /><br />If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!<br />Some of it was just experimenting, as I went along! :) <br />Both shaping my thoughts and figuring out what to say or what to think about something... (through research online/elsewhere or conversation with others or writing itself...)Laylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832545657562957725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236788721118809859.post-60621072910565261342011-12-06T21:11:16.765-08:002011-12-06T21:11:16.765-08:00Layla, congratulations on a successful green retro...Layla, congratulations on a successful green retrofit for this room!<br /><br />I'm a new reader of your blog (and new to doing some blogging myself) but have a long-time interest in environmental issues. My name is Tamara and I'm a graduate student in Cultural Studies living in Claremont, California, USA. Recently, I’ve been thinking about how the internet - especially blogs - can be a place for telling personal stories that are also forms of environmental activism. I was hoping I could draw on your expertise in this area for a post that I’m working on for my blog. If it’s ok, I’d love to (virtually) talk with you a bit about your experience with creating and posting to this blog and then share our conversation through a link on my blog at artplaceidentity@blogspot.com. I’m hoping to gather some insights about what it means to share personal stories with an activist dimension online from people who have more expertise in this area than I do. I just started blogging recently for a Visual Research Methods class I’m taking, and I chose to pursue my interest in this topic as part of a project for this class. <br /><br />One of the things that really interests me about your blog is that it is both personal, because it’s about your own life and own experiences, and political, because it advocates green living. Maybe this is a chicken-and-egg question, but I’m wondering what role each of those aspects of the blog played in your decision to start it up. Was it more a personal experiment - a way to investigate and shape your own ideas about certain environmental issues? Or, were you already committed to a certain set of environmental values and began blogging as a way to raise awareness about them? Some of both? Neither? Has this changed over time?<br /><br />I also wanted to ask you about the audience for your blog. When you post, who is it you primarily write for? Is it people you know off-line, or is it mainly for an online community? Is there a particular activist community that you’ve communicated with through your blog? How does their feedback shape your experience with the blog? How does the blog form (short posts, links, pictures) shape your decisions about what to include on the blog?<br /><br />Finally, what do most appreciate about the experience of blogging, personally? What influence that you hope your blog will have on others?<br /><br />Thanks very much for the work you do on your blog and for considering this invitation to share your perspective on these questions. Any thoughts you have would be very greatly appreciated!<br /><br />All the best, <br />Tamara RamirezTamara Wallace Ramirezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441539978843117439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236788721118809859.post-46334441517324257252011-10-19T11:58:37.249-07:002011-10-19T11:58:37.249-07:00Aww, Libby, you've been checking here? :) That...Aww, Libby, you've been checking here? :) That is soo sweet!! I didn't know... Thought people weren't interested in reading this blog anymore (and didn't know what to do with it lol)<br /><br />Will post more now that I know it still exists (thought they banned me, it was a scare, lol!!)Laylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832545657562957725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236788721118809859.post-72519590177898242762011-10-06T11:26:50.284-07:002011-10-06T11:26:50.284-07:00Well, now, I'd just about given up checking ov...Well, now, I'd just about given up checking over here. <br /><br />If I had any fruit, I'd be filling a jar with rum right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com