Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Sunday, December 28, 2008

SOME OF THE PLAYERS:
The (currently under construction) La Morita treatment plant:

The International Waste Water Treatment Plant (immediately north of the border):

Punta Bandera (Tijuana's biggest facility right now):

Monte de los Olivos (still under construction in this dated view):
Future sewage treatment options for Tijuana:



Saturday, December 27, 2008

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Sunday, December 21, 2008

The Mighty Monte de Los Olivos Waste Water Treatment Facility:






When this device becomes operational, it will eliminate water-borne pathogens with ultra-violet light:

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Tijuana

A rather rainy day in TJ:





Jenny and Gabby outside the offices of the CESPT:

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Controlled fires along Highway 5 today:

Thursday, December 11, 2008

@ the CLUI now (click here)

"Modernisation promotes the transformation of resources into commodities, thus valorising them and forming new social relations based on exchange transactions."

--William Siembieda

(This quote from an essay about the nefarious impact of NAFTA on Mexico's traditional system of egalitarian land reform also kinda applies to what's happening at my college right now.)

Monday, December 08, 2008



(The Tijuana River's watershed actually has little to do with the source of Tijuana's water.)

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Log Deck in Weaverville, CA:






(It was particularly spectacular when I drove by it this year on account of all the downed wood from last summer's fires.)