Fordlândia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Fordlândia ('Ford-land') was a vast tract of land purchased by American automobile tycoon Henry Ford in the 1920s. Covering over 10,000 km² of land, it was situated near the city of Santarém, Brazil, and approximately 960 kilometres from the mouth of the Amazon River at Belém."
There's a Ford City in Windsor, Ontario.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
BBC - Radio 4 - Where in the World?
BBC - Radio 4 - Where in the World?:
"John Simpson presents the geographical panel game which takes a whistle-stop tour of the globe."
"John Simpson presents the geographical panel game which takes a whistle-stop tour of the globe."
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
October 21st is Apple Day
Apple Day: "Apple Day is an annual celebration of apple, orchards and local distinctiveness, initiated by Common Ground in 1990 it has since been celebrated each year by people organising hundreds of local events. Why not join in?
Apple Day is a way of celebrating and demonstrating that variety and richness matter to a locality and that it is possible to affect change in your place. Common Ground has used the apple as a symbol of the physical, cultural and genetic diversity we should not let slip away. In linking particular apples with their place of origin, we hope that orchards will be recognised and conserved for their contribution to local distinctiveness, including the rich diversity of wild life they support."
Apple Day is a way of celebrating and demonstrating that variety and richness matter to a locality and that it is possible to affect change in your place. Common Ground has used the apple as a symbol of the physical, cultural and genetic diversity we should not let slip away. In linking particular apples with their place of origin, we hope that orchards will be recognised and conserved for their contribution to local distinctiveness, including the rich diversity of wild life they support."
Friday, October 20, 2006
Stand in the place where you live...
Now, face North. Think about direction. Wonder why you haven't before.
The lines above are from R.E.M's song, Stand from their album Green. Speaking of green, I don't think of this song as an environmental pop song as much as a geographical pop song: "Think about the place where you live. Wonder why you haven't before."
I've been thinking about the place where I live. I live in 4-0-Wonderland ("It's the end of the highway - not the end of the world"). Otherwise known as Windsoria. Otherwise known as Windsor. That is, the Windsor that is in Ontario (not Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, or the UK for that matter) and the Ontario that is in Canada.
The above picture notwithstanding, north of Windsor is Detroit. Because of our geography, Americans are our neighbours to the North of us which is upside down to most every other place in Canada. Windsor is upside down to the rest of Canada in many other ways too.
Quick - where is North? Did you have to think about it? Do you wonder why you hadn't before?
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