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- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
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- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
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- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
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Tag Archives: green
Building solar farms on closed landfills in Massachusetts
As the list directly below demonstrates, over the past decade more than 80 communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have successfully turned their closed brownfield landfills into green energy producing “bright fields.” Acton Landfill = 1.59 megawatt solar array on … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Astronomy, business, cities, civics, climate, climate change, economic development, economics, ecosystems, energy, engineering, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, pictures, planning, politics, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, solar, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, urban planning, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, bright fields, brownfield, green, green energy, landfills, Massachusetts, renewable energy, reuse, solar, solar arrays, solar farms, sun
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The dark side of bright lights
Fascinating and useful data on the effects of light pollution on the environment is provided in this poster. Is your city one of the top 10 brightest cities in the world? In this particular case, “brightest” is definitely NOT a … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, globalization, health, humanity, land use, light pollution, nature, planning, pollution, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged cities, dark skies, ecology, environment, green, light pollution, lights, nature, pollution, Science, sprawl, sustainability
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Ecomodal transportation hubs
This post summarizes several ideas that could be employed to facilitate the establishment of sustainable transportation hubs where intermodal cross-movement between multiple green (or active) transportation options takes place with ease. In a nutshell, these facilities are described by using … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, energy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, Green roofs, health, historic preservation, humanity, infrastructure, internet, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, rail, recycling, Renewable Energy, revitalization, seasons, Social media, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, bike share, BRT, bus, car share, carpool, charging stations, cities, ecology, EVs, green, hubs, hybrids, infrastructure, intermodal, land use, light rail, placemaking, planning, rail, San Francisco, sustainability bicycling, Transbay Terminal, transportations, vanpool
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2012 Hybrid/electric vehicle data
Some fascinating and impressive data provided from evsroll.com on hybrid and electric vehicle (HEV) sales in the United States during 2012. Given recent reports of very rapid growth in hybrid and electric vehicle sales by Ford (the Fusion Hybrid and C-Max Hybrid … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, branding, Cars, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, education, energy, environment, EVs and hybrids, health, history, infrastructure, marketing, planning, pollution, product design, Renewable Energy, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel
Tagged battery electric vehicles, C-Max, cars, climate change, environment, Ford, Fusion, green, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in electric vehicles, Prius, sustainability, technology, Toyota
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Power of the pedal – let’s bicycle to the polls
One super way on Election Day 2012 to advocate cycling and visually depict to your friends and neighbors how many of us are strong supporters of cycling and cycling issues is to pedal your bicycle to your precinct to cast … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, advertising, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, Communications, culture, environment, fitness, fun, government, health, politics, sustainability, transportation, walking
Tagged advertising, bicycles, bikes, cities, civics, cycling, elections, green, pedaling, politics, voting
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Garbage gateways: waste at first sight
Sanitary landfills (now there’s an oxymoron) are quite often situated along the primary gateways to the community they serve. Sure, an expressway allows for easy access to the dump by those dingy looking and overloaded welcome wagons of trash. They converge on these mini-mountains like … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, cities, climate change, consumerism, culture, energy, environment, geography, humanity, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, pollution, spatial design, sustainability, technology, tourism, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged cities, ecology, environment, garbage, gateways, green, image, land use, landfills, urban planning, waste, waste stream
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European Union green vehicle sales data
Below is data on green vehicle sales in the European Union (EU) from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). By green vehicles, I am including hybrid, natural gas, and electric/fuel cell. The stats on diesel sales did not differentiate … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, Cars, cities, climate change, consumerism, culture, energy, environment, Europe, EVs and hybrids, geography, politics, pollution, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, transportation, U.K.
Tagged automobiles, cars, environment, EU, Europe, EVs, green, hybrid vehicles, statistics, sustainability, transportation, vehicles
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Summary of the “Asian Green City Index”
A expert panel selected by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of The Economist magazine and Siemens AG ranked 22 major urban centers of Asia in 2011, by utilizing an eight category green city index. The index categories include: Energy and carbon dioxide Transport Water Air … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, bicycling, cities, climate change, culture, density, economic development, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, fair trade, food systems, geography, health, homelessness, human rights, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, poverty, rail, recycling, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, tourism, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Asia, Bangkok, Beijing, Bengaluru, cities, environment, green, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kolkata, Manila, Mumbai, Nanjing, nature, Osaka, pollution, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Wuhan, Yokohama
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Where are the eco-friendly motorboats?
Last weekend at the lake I watched $200 go down the proverbial drain as our motor boat was refueled. The whole time I kept thinking, why aren’t there more fuel-efficient boats, hybrid boats, or boats at least partially powered by … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, fun, pollution, Renewable Energy, technology, Travel
Tagged boating, environment, green, motor boating, transportation
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Cool bicycling poster
Posted in art, bicycling, cities, climate change, environment, health, transportation
Tagged bicycling, cycling, environment, green, poster
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