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- Temples of Jazz – The Ballrooms
- It all ends up in the lake…or the bay…or the stream
- Geography of the Jazz Age in North America
- Ten Planning Lessons from Detroit’s Corktown Neighborhood
- Crafting a Perfect Brewery Name, Logo, and Slogan
- Mapping America’s Dumping Grounds
- Food Truck Names Based on Musicians or Songs
- Smaller Cities with Taller Skylines
- “Bu-tte-ful” Town Names
- Should Struggling Cities Be Renamed?
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Tag Archives: environment
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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Goma-Gisenyi and other volcanic cities
A more generalized variation of this post was originally published back in June on Progressive Blogic. Here is an updated and expanded version which delves into the geological threats facing the Goma-Gisenyi urban area. One of the features about Edinburgh, Scotland … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, cities, environment, history, land use, nature, planning, spatial design, tourism
Tagged Africa, cities, earthquakes, environment, land use, natural disasters, nature, urban planning, volcanoes
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Getting “reel” about our environment
After way too many years of using a gasoline powered lawn mower, my wife and I recently made the switch to a human-powered reel lawn mower. Once the standard for lawn care, these basic mowing machines have been long regulated … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, climate change, consumerism, energy, environment, health, history, nature, pollution, sustainability, Uncategorized, walking
Tagged climate change, environment, history, lawn mowers, reel mowers
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Neutralizing airport carbon footprints
The Airport Carbon Accreditation program began in 2009 as a n effort to reduce and eventually neutralize the effects of CO2 emissions at airports around the world through proactive steps. To date, more than 135 airports are participating in … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, aviation, cities, climate change, environment, health, infrastructure, land use, planning, pollution, Statistics, sustainability, transportation, Travel
Tagged airports, aviation, carbon footprints, environment, planning, pollution, transportation, travel
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The world’s largest airport solar farm is where?
Not in Phoenix, Tucson, Southern California, Florida, the Sahara Desert, the Middle East, Australia, or anywhere else you might first guess. As of December 2014, the world’s largest airport solar farm is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yes, in the hearth … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative energy, aviation, Canada, cities, climate change, energy, environment, Europe, geography, India, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, pollution, Renewable Energy, Science, spatial design, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, energy, environment, Indianapolis, land use, planning, renewable energy, solar energy
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Blue Waters: An ode to Lake Michigan
BLUE WATERS (An ode to Lake Michigan) by Rick Brown ____________ Sacred blue waters Beckon to me Wherever you are Come to the sea * Crystal blue waters Welcoming me Marvelous vistas For reflective retreat * Blessed blue waters Smile … Continue reading
Nothing but blue waters…smiling at me
I don’t know about the rest of you, but whenever I am traveling to Lake Michigan, my anticipation continually grows until I get my first chance to glimpse those lovely blue waters. Through cities, towns, farmland, and wooded forests we may … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, civility, Communications, culture, environment, fun, geography, health, history, humanity, land use, Love, nature, North America, peace, pictures, placemaking, pollution, rivers/watersheds, sustainability, topography, tourism, Travel, Wildlife
Tagged ecology, environment, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, love, nature, peace, pollution, scenic vistas, water
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Kudos to the kayak protesters of Seattle!
What an absolutely amazing photograph of the last weekend’s kayak protests in Seattle over Royal Dutch/Shell’s plan to begin Arctic Ocean oil drilling. If you cannot see or read the signs they say “Shell no.” While some have already argued that the activists … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, Communications, consumerism, culture, energy, environment, globalization, history, humanity, nature, peace, politics, pollution, Renewable Energy, Science, social equity, sustainability, technology, transportation, volunteerism, Wildlife
Tagged activists, advocacy, Arctic Ocean, cities, climate change, environment, global warming, kayaks, nature, oil, oil drilling, petroleum, pollution, protests, Seattle, Shell
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