I was in NYC a few weeks ago, and went to The Horticulture Society of New York, which is a gorgeous space full of sun and plants (believe it or not). I went to see an art exhibit called Leur Existence (The Tree Project).

The trees that still live from the time of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima are called, Hibaku trees (A-bombed trees).

In the winter of 2008, from a tree Dr. Riki Horiguchi in Hiroshima, I received seeds of Round Leaf Holly, Persimmon, Chinaberry, Firmiana simplex, Japanese Hackberry, Jujube trees that are the second or third generation of Hibaku Trees.

I have been giving these seeds to the ones that are interested in planting them both in the US and the world. By sharing these seeds, I would like to share the pleasure of growing plants, especially the plants from Hibaku seeds.

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First off, we're looking for a new space. Willow has a post on the current top choice. We want a bigger space, more centrally located, that's easier to let people into; this is all of those and nice-looking too. 

Click through for up-coming events in March:

We have a lot planned for February! The calendar is here, and I promise we'll quit moving it one of these days. Brief descriptions and links below:

Saturday, 2 pm: Joshua will be giving a talk about the Scratch programming language, a visual language designed to teach kids about programming. We'll also be around before and maybe after, starting at 11, to work on improving the space.

Wednesday the 10th, 7 pm: Show and Tell. Bring your projects, show them off, ask for help if you're stuck.

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Cult of Done #9:
People without dirty hands are wrong.
Doing something makes you right.

Hi, I'm willow bl00 (aka Willow Brugh), and you'll see me poke my head in here from time to time. I live in Seattle (I think it's the promised land), alongside the likes of Libby Bulloff, Noah Beasley, and Nathaniel Johnstone. I organize and moderate a Transhumanist discussion group, just applied to law school (interest in the overlap of information technologies and the human body), work at ZoomPop, train Parkour, and play in hacker spaces. I've spoken at Ignite and Dorkbot and on NPR and to Free Inquiry Groups. I'm also the director of Jigsaw Renaissance, which is what I'm here to talk to you about.

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Hi Everyone! I'd like to introduce you to Seattle's latest Hacker/Maker/Community Space and good friends of The Steampunk Workshop:  Jigsaw Renaissance! Rehana and other folks from Jigsaw will be posting events and projects here on occasion and I expect to be presenting and hanging there whenever I'm in town. See you there soon! - Jake

Jigsaw Renaissance is a cooperative interdisciplinary makerspace. We're about sharing tools, sharing ideas, and sharing expertise to realize those ideas. We hope to connect the do-it-yourself communities here in Seattle, whether they're interested in steampunk, electronics, crafts, programming, music, science or anything else. We also strive to reignite a passion for learning, and a belief in the malleability of systems: the ability to use things as you see fit, not only as they were intended.