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- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
- Canada’s next supergroup – A Short Walk to Pluto
- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
- Albuquerque is a national leader in water conservation
- The buzz about America’s “bee-friendly” cities
- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
- New Mexico’s protected wildlife areas along the Rio Grande
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Tag Archives: recycling
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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Aviation purgatory – airplane boneyards
Probably one of the strangest and saddest land uses you will ever encounter are aircraft boneyards – essentially, these are airport junkyards for discarded airplanes. Some sites specialize in commercial aircraft, while others in military hardware. In either case, used … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, economic development, film, geography
Tagged aircraft, airplane boneyards, airplanes, airport planning, airports, aviation, boneyards, land use, quotes, recycling
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It’s a beach, not a litter box for plastic!
This disgusting and disgraceful view is what we were greeted with upon arriving at the beach of San Jose Island on the Texas Gulf Coast 10 days ago. The largely uninhabited island sits on the north side of the mouth … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, civility, consumerism, education, environment, planning, pollution, recycling, sustainability, tourism, Travel, visual pollution
Tagged Aransas Pass, beaches, civics, ecology, environment, oceans, plastic, pollution, recycling, sustainability, Texas, water pollution
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A vision of velo purgatory
I recently stopped by the Michigan State University (MSU) Surplus Store and had to take a couple of photos (above and below) of the many forlorn bicycles that are caught in what appears to be best described as “quasi-velo purgatory” – somewhere … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, bicycling, Biking, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, economics, education, entrepreneurship, environment, historic preservation, history, humanity, pictures, product design, recreation, recycling, schools, sustainability, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged biccyles, bikes, colleges, cycling, education, environment, MSU, MSU surplus, recycling, schools, sustainability, universities, velos
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Your community is dumpy when…
Landfill acreage exceeds park acreage. There are residents with the first name of Humpty. No refuse is refused. People can smell it before they arrive. Pig Pen is Mayor. Junk and salvage yards are welcome in any zoning district. Activities … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, cities, civics, civility, culture, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, government, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, planning, pollution, product design, psychology, Recycling, satire, sustainability, Television, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged cities, environment, garbage, geography, Glad, Humpty Dumpty, landfills, landscaping, Mt. Trashmore, Pig Pen, planning, pollution waste, recycling, trash
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Waste not, want not
The old adage used for the post title needs to be applied more forcefully to the food service industry, particularly quick-serve (fast food) restaurants, coffee shops, and similar dining establishments. I cannot count the number of times I have been … Continue reading
Posted in civics, climate change, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, energy, environment, Food, food systems, health, humanity, infrastructure, logistics, nature, planning, pollution, product design, recycling, Small business, sustainability, technology, visual pollution
Tagged civics, dining, environment, fast food, food, food service, greem ecology, landfills, plastics, pollution, quick serve, recycling, restaurants, trash, waste
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Super pooper power producer
Last week I had the opportunity to hear an interesting presentation on Michigan State University’s (MSU) new anaerobic digester power system that is under construction on the south end of its campus in East Lansing. The first phase will be … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Alternative energy, Animals, climate change, consumerism, education, entrepreneurship, environment, Food, government, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, pollution, product design, recycling, Renewable Energy, schools, sustainability, technology
Tagged alternative energy, anaerobic digester, animal waste, environment, food waste, Michigan State, MSU, pollution, recycling, schools
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Pollution from politics
Make no bones about it, politics has become growth industry in this country. Ever since the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court, money has flowed into campaigns like never before. I used to think it was bad 10-20 years … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, censorship, charities, civics, civility, Communications, consumerism, culture, deregulation, diversity, economics, education, environment, government, health, history, humanity, land use, peace, planning, politics, pollution, product design, recycling, signs, sustainability, visual pollution, volunteerism, zoning
Tagged elections, environment, planning, politics, pollution, recycling, zoning
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Are we becoming a scavenger society?
Last night, I stopped by Michigan State University’s state-of-the art Public Recycling Center to drop off my recyclables. While there, I happened to notice a woman was carrying a metal object with three-prongs at the end of it. As I … Continue reading
Posted in charities, civility, consumerism, economics, Economy, Environment, health, homelessness, humanity, politics, poverty, Recycling, unemployment
Tagged homeless, homelessness, landfills, MSU, poor, poverty, recycling, rubbish, society, trash
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