Stayed in a village in the latter part of this week that was near the Hua Na Dam, which is not yet in operation. When they do close the gates, their farmland will be underwater. Some in the village had led a protest movement; some thought the dam was beautiful; my grandma didn't know what a dam is. Only 5 people from thevillage have actually seen the dam. Back in Khon Kaen now and five others and I have to run a 3-hour class tomorrow. We did one before we left too. We're "facilitators" for the water unit. Ready to be done with that. Coup hasn't changed anything here except the willingness of some of the NGOs we were speaking with to be particularly vocal. Hate to see that.

Glad to hear from everyone at home. Sounds like a lot of interesting things are going on at CU with sutainable energy forums and climate stuff. Heard that California sued all the biggest automakers for damages from greenhouse gases. Heard that my good ole' boss, Councilman Richard Polk, has been arrested for driving under the influence of drugs..... oh, how I miss home sometimes.