global politics versus the environment: where should the Olympics be held?
Sarah Laskow of GOOD magazine has a novel idea for creating the greenest Olympics venue ever: stop building new venues. Instead, the Olympics could be held in the same country, in a set facility,...
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fracking + November 21st: Delaware River Basin Commission VOTES
What is fracking? (Image from here.) From Gasland website: Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a means of natural gas extraction employed in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled,...
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A great divide? Progress + equitable futures
Images from here and here. Last night I caught Surviving Progress as part of the Environmental Film Festival at Yale running this week until April 15. The documentary is by Mathieu Roy and Harold...
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Valencia’s Green River: Landscape Infrastructure and the Transformation of a...
“Bold ideas are easy, implementing them is hard. This is particularly true as cities around the world want to use their landscapes as infrastructure to address current urban issues.” Valencia’s Green...
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The Olympics Are Over… Now What?
“Just as Danny Boyle’s cinematic representation of England’s transition from a pastoral, farming nation to the leaders of the industrial revolution, London’s East End has been going through a...
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In Response: Are Architects Really The Last People Who Should Shape Our Cities?
Are architects really the last people who should shape our cities? The following is in response to an article published by Jonathan Meades in The Guardian on September 18, 2012, “Jonathan Meades:...
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Decades of Park Advocacy: Behind San Francisco’s Presidio and Golden Gate...
What does it take to create nationally-recognized landscapes like the Presidio and the Golden Gate National Parks in San Francisco, CA? The answer is more than just one designer, planner, steward, or...
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