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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: sustainability
15 years after the tornado – Planning lessons from Greensburg, Kansas
May 4, 2007, will always remain a pivotal day in the history of Greensburg, Kansas. On that day, much of the city of Greensburg was obliterated by a EF5 category tornado. Thankfully, most residents survived the tragedy due early and … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, branding, business, charities, cities, civics, civility, climate, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, Economy, ecosystems, education, energy, environment, geography, government, health, Health care, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, literature, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, recycling, Renewable Energy, revitalization, Small business, solar, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, volunteerism, walking, water, water conservation, weather, writing, zoning
Tagged books, cities, Green Town USA, Greensburg, Kansas, rebuilding, restoring, sustainability, tornadoes, weather
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Is Burning Man making a mistake at Fly Ranch?
I’m torn. A part of me wants to travel this very minute to Fly Ranch and experience the scenic landscapes on this lovely site, while also visualizing the various art/sustainability projects taking place there. On the other hand, the site … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, branding, charities, civics, climate, climate change, Communications, culture, deserts, diversity, economic development, ecosystems, education, environment, food systems, futurism, geography, health, historic preservation, history, humanity, land use, Maps, Native Americans, natural history, nature, opinion, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, Renewable Energy, social equity, spatial design, sustainability, technology, topography, tourism, Travel, visual pollution, water conservation, Wildlife
Tagged art, Burning Man Project, conservation, Fly Ranch, geography, humanity, Indigenous, land use, Native Americans, nature, Nevada, planning, sustainability
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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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The rise of the inland national capital
Below is my list of those 12 nations that have moved their capital to an inland location since 1900. The most common reason identified for these moves taking place was to: Centrally locate the government geographically (Brazil, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, architecture, Asia, branding, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, diversity, economic development, Europe, geography, government, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, India, infrastructure, land use, Maps, military, North America, Oceania, placemaking, planning, skylines, South America, spatial design, sprawl, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged architecture, capitals, cities, countries, history, infrstructure, inspiring, land use, nations, planning, sprawl, sustainability, trnasportation, urban planning, world capitals
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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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ULI’s 21 great ways to build healthy places!
The Urban Land Institute recently released its Building Healthy Places Toolkit. The document “outlines 21 practical and evidence-based recommendations that the development community can use to promote health at the building or project scale.” The recommendations are broken into … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, Animals, architecture, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, education, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, historic preservation, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged architecture, cities, design, environment, healthy places, land use ULI, planning, staircases, stairs, stairways, sustainability, Urban Land Institute, urban planning
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What’s not to like???
A great editorial cartoon found on Facebook. It makes that obvious point that even if climate change is somehow an incorrect thesis, making the world a better place for all of us is still a great benefit to humanity, the … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, civility, climate change, energy, environment, health, humanity, land use, nature, peace, planning, politics, Renewable Energy, Science, sustainability, urban planning, Wildlife
Tagged cartoon, climate change, editorial cartoon, environment, global warming, humanity, Mother Earth, nature, politics, sustainability
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Going sky-high and energy wise in Jakarta
The impressive 99 story Pertamina Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia will not only be super tall at 530 meters (or 1,744 feet) when it is completed in 2020, but it is designed to be a net-zero energy user. Wind turbines in … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Asia, cities, downtown, economic development, energy, environment, geography, placemaking, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, urban planning
Tagged architecture, Asia, cities, design, downtown, energy, Indonesia, Jakarta, land use, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, sustainability, towers, wind turbines
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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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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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