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Some time
ago I told you about me having a dream. More importantly that if you have one, the only way to
realize it, is to wake up and work on it. For some weeks, that’s what I’m doing
now.
Part of the
process is doing things which maybe are not something you really like to do or
which are not your best characteristics. These are things you need to step over
or you won’t get there anyways. So last Friday I woke-up early and headed over
to a town two hours away to visit a fair. A fair on flowers, plants and everything you need to grow
and maintain them. Did you know something like that exists?
The fair
wasn’t the reason to head south, but was an interesting side-effect. By signing
me up to the conference on ‘technical green’ I was allowed to enter the fairground
and to see what’s going on in the business, talk to some people and distribute
my business cards. What I hate about this, is that people are not interested in
you, but only in the money they might make out of the conversation.
So far so
good. I concentrated on the lectures which were meant to share information on
what green can do for the urban environment: why we enjoy parks, what are the
advantages of green office courtyards and which profits there are when
installing a green rooftop. Sounds all super interesting when you try to create
a real relation between food, people and the cities.
Unfortunately
the program was so
full of interesting lecturers and so much time got lost by saying ‘please hurry
up’ and ‘I’ll try to be short’ that the presentations couldn’t really get much
further than showing beautiful pictures of architectures and landscapes. That
wasn’t where we came for.
For me
technical green does not only mean that flowers and plants make a place look
nice, but that people really enjoy it. It should be explained why: temperatures
are better, cars are far away, you can hear the birds, see the seasons, smell
the flowers. And thereby you should not forget to think about other
functionalities you can get from so called technical green. For example the
food it can provide.
I learned a
lot that day. I am still not a big fan of fairs but who knows what come out of
the business cards swops I did? More over I also learned that my dream has not
been realized in the country I live in now. So I’ll stay awake and continue the
work.
