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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Philosophy and theory on what green should be.
Sea Level Rise in Upstate NY
Did I get your attention? Good. Below is a chart recently adopted by NYS as the projected Sea Level Rise levels for NYS. Through a […]
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Community; Why Do We Need It?
What is community to you? What does community have to do with sustainability? Why do we need community to achieve resiliency? Community has come up […]
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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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Time We Learn from Whales
A friend shared a video today about whales, and how we are now discovering that their presence in the oceans is part of an exceptionally […]
Continue reading »Cyclic – a Marriage that Works.
I have been studying recently about bio-synergistic design approaches, including biomimicry, bioutilization and biophilia. One of the things that has struck me, and which I […]
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 »Compromise: Not a Dirty Word
I am still reeling from the election results, and from ongoing posts on FB and everywhere. Many still are, I am sure. Some are trying […]
Continue reading »What We Don’t Need
I attended a SUNY (State University of New York) Sustainability conference last week. It was exceptional to see the work of different campuses in the […]
Continue reading »Parenting Your Project
Working toward a more sustainable future, including predominantly changes in the design, construction and operations arena, requires many of the same skills and approaches as […]
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