Talking to the world's most powerful magazine on a bad hair day.Klaus Brinkbaumer called from Sydney to ask could he visit. He has come out from Germany to cover the story of Australia's water crisis for Der Speigel. Wikipedia says Der Spiegel (The Mirror) is Europe's biggest and Germany's most influential weekly magazine, published in Hamburg, with a circulation of around one million per week.
We were interesting because of the images of drought that accompanied our 'adoptasheep' appeal. He arrived mid-afternoon on a Saturday with photographer Tasso Taraboulsi. Far from drought, what we had was water water everywhere. (Our hydrology is very constirpated.) Klaus is a seriously charming man who is dedicated to his work. He travelled for 3 months with African refugees as they made their way across the Sudan and on into Europe seeking refuge and a better life in Germany. He is an admirable journalist, the closest thing to George Orwell I'll ever meet. (Orwell joined the hordes of the poor tramping across England seeking work and handouts during the Depression.)Klaus's book won an important award.
We talked mainly about the Carbon Coalition's work and the power of soils to sequester. He is personally pessimistic about the future, having seen the worst cities in the world as they sink under their own refuse. We told him we are optimistic because we have the solution to the world's problems: laughter (and soil carbon).
Tasso is a brilliant Australian freelance photographer who operates out of New York. He took some twilight shots you will see in later posts.
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