Global Spin

GOOD Magazine has a nice visual demonstration of a livable street, basically a city street designed to welcome pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and cars equally. Simple changes like curb extensions, textured crosswalks, bollards, and plantings turn car-choked urbanity into an inviting place to walk around.

Posted by Chris in Architecture, Carfree, Environment on May 22nd, 2009 | Comments Off

The Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania is doing some really interesting research — and they have a really excellent couple of blogs. I highly recommend you subscribe to these feeds. Especially the “Global Warming News and Research.” It will pretty much keep you up to date — and help me resist the temptation to re-post *all* [...]

Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Environment, Food, Organics on April 4th, 2009 | Comments Off

I haven’t even watched this TED talk by Willie Smits yet, but I know it’s going to be exceptional. We still need to stop destroying rainforest, and I imagine the list of caveats is a mile long, but it’s good to know that these places aren’t gone forever.

Posted by Chris in Environment, To Help on March 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off

Bad news from California (like we didn’t already know) in the Wall Street Journal: Shrinking Water Supplies Imperil Farmers. Dwindling water supplies are compounding economic woes in California’s Central Valley, causing farmers to leave fields fallow and confront the prospect of going under. The state’s water supply has dropped precipitously of late. California is locked [...]

Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Bummer, Environment, News on February 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

These folks aim to turn the White House lawn into something way more yummy and useful. I say it’s about dern time! EDIT: And these folks are working on picking which farmer . . .

Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Community & Activism, Environment, Food, Organics, That which is awesome on January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off