Interview with Jason Talbot

Hi! Dylan here. Today I had a great conversation with Jason Talbot, co-founder and alumnus of Artists for Humanity. Artists for Humanity is a Boston based  non-profit youth arts organization whose mission is to bridge economic, racial, and social divisions by providing under-resourced youth with the keys to self-suffiency through paid employment in the arts. Mr. Talbot was contacted by one of the globe sponsors, Mrs. Christine Shadek, to create the artwork for one of the globes being displayed in Cool Globes Boston. As Mr. Talbot said, he always loves being involved with awesome projects. This project is special because it's great to be part of something bigger. The fact that hundreds of thousands of people will see this piece of artwork makes this project particularly exciting. And you can't beat the fact that it's also for a great cause. Stay tuned for my next post which will describe the artwork on this globe and will hopefully include a picture of the globe. This is Dylan, signing off.

Nancy Schon's Cool Globe Stage 4

Nancy and her intern Nellie are pasting the book covers on Nancy's Cool Globe!

It is so exciting to see this globe come alive with images and with color!

- Liam

Nancy Schon's Cool Globe Stage 3

Nancy paints the continents green!

The globe base painted brown for the earth.
Looking good!

- Liam

Cool Globes Boston

Hi! Dylan here. As Cool Gobes Boston quickly approaches, there are a lot of exciting things happening behind the scenes to make this a great event.  Tomorrow, I will be interviewing one of the artists chosen to paint one of the globes. Stay tuned later this week for my first blog describing how this Cool globe came to life. This is Dylan, signing off.

Take a tip from the Tour De France

Is anyone watching the Tour De France? You may think that it is not too hard, but it is so much harder than it looks. Bike to work instead of driving, in their honor. Save carbon from going into the atmosphere and get some great exercise. -Liam

Image source: http://htekidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tourdefrance-2011.jpg

Nancy Schon's Cool Globe Stage 2

Nancy paints the water blue.
Her paint brush is so cool!
- Liam

A Flight Across the Country....On Solar Power

Hi! Dylan here. Solar Impulse is a plane that is run entirely on solar power. It has 11,628 solar cells on the plane in total. Solar Impulse recently flew all the way across the country, entirely on solar energy. This is a great example of what we can do with solar energy. This is Dylan, signing off.