Resiliency Riff
Resilience in our daily lives: Public transit, sidewalks, electric infrastructure, bike lanes all lead to resiliency, so everyone has more than one way to get […]
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Pipelines, Pipelines, Everywhere a Pipeline…
Dakota Access Pipeline, Keystone XL, NED pipeline in New England…everywhere you look there are pipelines proposed, debated, implemented. And this is typically how it goes…no […]
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Language: Redundancy is NOT a Dirty Word
“Your position is redundant”. “Let’s not be redundant.” “We seek efficiency so let’s eliminate redundancies.” All dreaded uses of the word and derivations of “redundant”. […]
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Tetris for Adults: a purposeful decision
Yesterday I stacked two cords of wood in our wood racks in the backyard. I stacked, my son “chucked” and it took only a few […]
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NYC Women’s March
The most exceptional thing about the women’s march, besides the peaceful gatherings, the massive crowds, and the fact that women and men marched all over […]
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Nature of the Space
I am currently fascinated by the “Nature of the Space”. This title captures four of the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design as defined by Terrapin Bright […]
Continue reading »“We abused the hell out of that dorm…”
A month or so ago I had the privilege of touring a new residence hall at SUNY New Paltz. The mindful design of this building […]
Continue reading »Body Shaming and Real Food
I am eagerly awaiting the film coming out of Australia entitled “Embrace”, which is about the debilitating effects of body shaming.The author realized she wasn’t […]
Continue reading »Price on Carbon Emissions – Breathe Easy
We may finally be getting to a place where we can internalize the costs of carbon in our planning, and this should change our understanding of our […]
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Koffie met Vlaai
We were in the Netherlands a couple of weeks ago, a family trip to visit the homeland, friends and relatives, indulge in Dutch cheeses and […]
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