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Fred Trooster sent me these fotos a few weeks back from the province of Holland, in the land of windmills. Not to push the “maricentric” idea too selectively, but this is truly a unique celebration of green on blue, produce on a canal system, small scale short sea shipping . . . if you will. These fotos are from the “varend corso westland,” where varend . . . is related to the English word faring as in seafaring. Enjoy.
I’d love to see some of these parades.
Where might this happen in the US? I don’t mean that as a rhetorical question.
Happy Earth Day. By the way, what % of the total US energy diet comes from solar and wind at this moment? Answer below.
All fotos thanks to Fred Trooster. For previous fotos from Fred, click here, here, and here.
Unrelated: mini-offering vessels float on Ganges-in-Queens.
Answer: a miniscule 1.7%. Read the story here.
Related: 37 “ridiculous” types of things removed from NJ beaches . . . .
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