I am off, kayaking with killer whales near Vancouver Island. About 300 orca’s return to these waters around July 1st to feed, play and rub their bodies on the pebble beaches.

President Sarkozy of France recently asked ten teams of leading architects to re-imagine Paris as a city fully integrated with the natural environment. Plans include urban forests. Designers, like Patrick Blanc who designs vertical gardens, claim that plants offer benefits, including noise reduction, natural cooling, air conditioning and a psychological boost to those who use the buildings. Richard Sabin of BioTecture just made a wall that incorporates all kinds of salads leaves, such as pak choi and lettuce. NASA takes plants into space to help clean the air instead of air conditioning. This is not the future, this is now. Visionaries predict vertical farms where residents could grow and harvest their food from the walls of their homes, wow!

Michael Jackson’s Baroque home. He used painkillers because “it hurts to be me”.

Last picture of Michael Jackson, who died today.

New work by Natascha Libbert, stewardess with serious photographic ambitions. Tomorrow is her final day at artschool and her first day as a pro!

Wood illustrations in the new issue of Moloko magazine by Juan Cambariere.

For my son’s birthday: dino-pie!

The donkey cart is still one of the most viable forms of transport for farmers in Africa. This prototype has a solar-powered roof and generates enough electricity to run a fridge and recharge a cellphone. The wheels carry 25 litres of water. Invention by Braam van Reenen.

What an absolutely perfect no-logo pack, designed by Naoto Fukasawa, advisor at ‘MUJI’.

Every June – at our Dutch village called Warder – a wonderful Oldtimer Tractor Parade is organised. I think these beautiful Porsches, Fiat’s and John Deeres should drive through the centre of Amsterdam. Just for fun and for some green culture.