Chalkdust in the atmosphere?

Muji, a chain of stores in Europe and Asia, is selling the beautiful, wooden Blackboard Globe, apparently available by mail in the continental United States, Canada, and the EU for 6.95 British pounds.

An ordinary globe just sits there; there's nothing we can do--short of destruction--to change it. The Blackboard Globe looks like a wonderful way to give children--and adults, too--a big-picture sense of the Earth as something with which we interact, something on which our actions have consequences.

It also looks fun.

(Thanks to moleskinerie for the tip.)

Comments

[Jay Cole Simser]

Ken, I had one of these in my classroom. It was one of the most useful tools I had. The ability to "write on the world" is awesome. jay

[jali]

could you tell me roughly how big this is?

[biubi]

anyone know how big this globe is - is it like an orange or more like a melon? or inches across?