Cool Gift of the Day
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
What it is:
A unique calendar that offers a new way to experience time.
Why we love it:
Created to help put us back in touch with the cycles of nature and our surroundings, The Ecological Calendar is light years away from the typical grid-format calendar that measures time in 7-day increments. Packed with information about the year and its seasons, it walks with us through time and puts the focus on nature and its phenomena. Four colorful 3-foot-long panels depict each of Earth's four seasons -- from solstice to equinox to solstice to equinox. Each panel encompasses the spatial relationships between Earth, sea, and sky while emphasizing the procession of life from season to season. This calendar is more of a wall display than something with which to track time as we typically view it.