Please read Chapter 1, 2 and 3 of ‘Painting the Picture’ first. Walking back over to the Eco-Innovation Center you bump into Jill who is just coming out of the Blind. She is going in the same direction down the sidewalk with a box of what looks like washer parts. She says the Green Beings Grocery has […]
Painting the Picture: A Stranger than Fiction Breakfast at the Let the Sun Shine Inn Again – Chapter 3
Please read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of 'Painting the Picture' first. You grab your phone and put a reminder in the calendar to make sure you are back to the Eco-Innovation Center in time for the tour. You giggle to yourself when you recall Rufus shaking his finger at you and saying, “Be here on time. […]
Painting the Picture: Ecovillage Ingots, Pepperjack Goat Cheese and Flying Gardeners – Chapter 2
Please read Chapter 1 of 'Painting the Picture' first. You leave Jill to her tinkering with the washing machine and pick up your $2 coupon from the woman who you assume is Amber. As you turn towards the door and are about to slip it into your pocket, you notice that it says, ‘good for $2 […]
Painting the Picture: The First Integral Urban Ecovillage – Chapter 1
Let’s say you are a European, Asian or South American young person on holiday and upon arriving in St. Louis you decide to check out the Blind Venetian Youth Hostel and Café. It's the summer of 2015 and the project was completed well ahead of schedule last summer. Your Megabus arrived at the Multimodal station […]