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Category Archives: climate change
A BOLD transit-oriented development plan
There are transit-oriented developments and then there are BOLD transit-oriented developments. Here is Traverse City, we are fortunate to have a transit agency with a bold vision for a better tomorrow – the Bay Area Transportation Authority or BATA. Being … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, Bus transportation, cities, climate change, economic development, environment, government, health, Housing, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, social equity, spatial design, sustainability, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged affordable housing, BATA, Bayline, TOD, transit oriented development, Traverse City, Traverse City Housing Commission
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Simple New Year’s resolutions to help our planet
Providing a quick list of simple solutions to help save our planet seems like an appropriate blogpost topic for the New Year, as we can all add some/all of these to our list of resolutions. Please feel free to pass … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, air travel, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, civics, climate change, consumerism, ecosystems, electric vehicles, environment, fair trade, Food, food systems, health, humanity, minimalism, nature, Passenger rail, politics, pollution, product design, recycling, Renewable Energy, Science, shopping, social equity, sustainability, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged bamboo toothbrushes, climate change, environment, folding straws, overconsumption, plastic, recycle, recycling, sustainability, waste, zero waste
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It all ends up in the lake…or the bay…or the stream
When you live near the Great Lakes as we do, or any body of water, it is a fact of life that storm water runoff from your yard, roof, garden, building, parking lot, factory, or farm is going to … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, civility, climate change, ecosystems, environment, government, health, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, Pets, planning, pollution, recycling, rivers/watersheds, sustainability, urban planning, zoning
Tagged aquatic features, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, toxic algae blooms, water bodies, water features, wetlands
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If you drive a SUV, you need to plant 127 trees a year!
As the accompanying chart shows, if you own and operate a sport-utility vehicle (SUV), you’ll have a lot of tree planting to do to offset your annual emissions from driving that monstrosity. At approximately $200 per tree (a rather low … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, bicycling, Cars, civics, climate change, electric vehicles, environment, health, nature, Passenger rail, pollution, rail, Railroads, sustainability, transit, transportation, walking
Tagged sport-utility vehicles, SUVs
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Let’s stop dissing deserts!
In response to a recent post about “transit deserts” on The Market Urbanism Report’s Facebook page, I made the following comment: “I think we need to rethink using the term ‘desert’ to describe an area lacking something. Deserts can be … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animal rights, Animals, climate change, deserts, diversity, ecosystems, environment, geography, history, land use, nature, planning, Science, sustainability, topography, tourism, Travel, weather, Wildlife
Tagged Atacama Desert, deserts, ecosystems, flora and fauna, land use, Sahara Desert, Sonoran Desert, The Market Urbanism's Report, vacuums, wildlife
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States with the most public EV charging outlets
Below are the most recent numbers of public electric vehicle charging outlets (not stations), as of October 29, 2017. A minimum of 500 is required to included on the list. Aside from California which far and away leads the list, … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, climate change, culture, economic development, economic gardening, electric vehicles, energy, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged charging stations, electric vehicles, EV, supercharging stations, Tesla
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247 Smart cities and counting…
Above is a map of showing the 247 cities to date (as of 6/6/17) where the mayor has pledged their city will adhere to the Paris Climate Accord commitments on greenhouse gases. I am very proud to say our own … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative energy, branding, cities, climate change, culture, education, environment, geography, government, health, humanity, Maps, nature, planning, politics, pollution, Renewable Energy, States, sustainability, transportation, urban planning, weather
Tagged cities, climate change, fossil fuels, global warming, greenhouse gases, mayors, weather
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Canaries in the climate change coal mine
I challenge any partisan climate change denier to travel to Alaska and tell the residents of the 31 communities shown on the map depicted above that climate change isn’t real. It’s easy to sit behind a microphone and blow steam … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, civility, climate change, Climate Change, culture, diversity, economics, environment, geography, health, humanity, land use, Maps, nature, planning, poverty, rivers/watersheds, Science, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, topography, urban planning, weather
Tagged Alaska, climate change, diversity, environment, geography, global warming, land use, relocation
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The Great Lakes doomsday scenario pipeline
If you thought the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota was bad, boy do we have a doozy of one for you here in Michigan. A 63-year old submerged twin pipeline (Enbridge #5), that was built with a 50-year lifespan … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, logistics, nature, politics, pollution, product design, rivers/watersheds, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged Enbridge, Great Lakes, lakes, oil, pipelines, pollution, water pollution
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This is why you want street trees
A picture says a thousand words – need I say more?
Posted in Advocacy, Cities, climate change, environment, infrastructure, land use, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged street trees
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