vərˈnakyələr/

DEFINITION ver·nac·u·lar

vərˈnakyələr/

noun

1. 1.

   the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

   "he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience"

   synonyms:

   language, dialect, regional language, regionalisms, patois, parlance;More
2. 2.

   architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings.

   "buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular"

adjective

1. 1.

   (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.
2. 2.

   (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings.

in spite of turkeys, mustard, and other challenges

blank bristol pages

blank bristol pages

turkeys on the tract

a missing book

the first rain falls hard

and worries find their place

swimming small in water

Plants as Pets

PLANTS as pets: terrariums as cages

Plants are analogous to domestic pets, dogs, cats, ponies, canaries, and goldfish, tolerant to man and dependent upon him; lawn grasses, hedges, flowering shrubs and trees, tractable and benign, man's cohorts, sharing his domestication. This is the walled garden, separated from nature, a symbol of beneficence, island of delight, tranquility, introspection.

From Future Environments in North America by Ian L. McHarg

unreal/reimagining

EVENTS Unrealestate and Reimagining the Urban

Food Exchange

LECTURE SERIES hosted by the Berkeley Food Institute

Sustainability Colloquium

COLLOQUIUM Design for Sustainability Fall 2013