It’s 5:37 am Wednesday morning. I have never voluntarily been up this early, but that’s what happens when you drag your body half way around the world I suppose. So since I am awake, I figured I would take this opportunity to report back on my first couple of days in Seoul.
So far, our team has only been visiting cultural sites. The vocational visits begin next week, but that hasn’t stopped us from already learning some about green design in Korea. It’s hard to miss, really. Driving into Seoul from the airport, one of the first impressions to strike us was the “lushness” of the city. Residential development in Seoul looks mostly like Le Corbusier’s towers in the park – groups of a half-dozen high-rise towers, often brutal in their design, but surrounded by parks.
This Friday I will be taking my maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean – heading to South Korea for a month of cultural and vocational learning. The trip is sponsored by the 
Hello friends and colleagues,
No one will deny that the American and global economies have been in an extended slump. The question is what will lead us out of the doldrums? Right now the big argument seems to be between advocates of clean energy (solar, wind, biomass) and legacy energy (especially coal, oil and natural gas). In certain parts of the country, legacy energy is having an immediate impact, while clean energy remains for the time being a potential boon for some future economy.
