Sarah West Young
@west
Head of Growth @ Modern Synthesis
Creator / Writer / Chief Procrastinator @ Material Change
Sarah West Young
materialchange.design
When Shohei Ohtani was a high school freshman, he created a detailed "dream sheet" with one central goal: to be the #1 draft pick for 8 NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) teams.
It was a 64-cell roadmap based on a framework called the Harada Method.
Here's exactly what Shohei did... See more
KnausgĆ„rd on the internet vs experience: āThe feeling is one of loss of the world.ā
Naomi Xu Elegantsubstack.comA round of applause for @alliearnold_ harvesting that agave š#tanteotequila #tour #bts
tiktok.comIn tequila harvesting people seem to whack off the leaves with a shovel-like instrument to expose āthe pinaā (heart used for liquor). The equipment for processing looks fairly rudimentary.
It took a team of 8 800 hours to remove 85 m3 of agave green waste at the Castello Site (part of the Life Azores) project. This was estimated to be 10% of the overall agave biomass at that site, leaving 90% there to presumably spread again?
Using back of the napkin assumptions, 85m3 is the equivalent of 140ā280 plants, which could yield ~700ā1,400 bottles of mezcal-style spiritāenough for a pilot run, bottle sales, tasting room, and early branding.
āIf I am not in the world simply to adapt to it, but rather transform it, and if it is not possible to change the world without a certain dream or vision for it, I must make use of every possibility there is not only to speak about my utopia, but also to engage in practices consistent with it.ā
ā Paulo Freire
