http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal- op.warming15dec15,1,290031.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines Ticking time bomb By John Atcheson December 15,...
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This is a very important meeting for NYC-Metro area activists. It is NOT a forum or workshop, it is an activist meeting to plan Area-wide campaigns against...
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There's still time to support Barbara Boxer's demand for truth and accountability from Condi Rice by signing this petition: http://www.pacforachange.com/ It...
I'm looking for recent poll information on the percentage of Americans who are concerned about the environment. Can anyone give me some references? Thanks ...
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A few days ago a reader of my blog pointed out to me a proposal which had been presented to run a road through Atlanta's Bobby Jones golf course in Buckhead....
I don't know if someone's already pointed out this contraption to this list, but to me the notable thing is the promotional literature, which is even more...
I'm not sure how on topic this post is on this particular forum, but I know some of you are interested in the issues it involves in terms of planning of human...
... I'm almost reluctant to post this, since I'm trying to avoid making all my discussions on these newsgroups refer back to my blog, but I've just escalated a...
Could someone please explain to me how crowding people together is going to improve things? Sorry to be so dense, Lise "When we try to pick out anything by...
... It's hardly "crowding," Lise. Paris, which is a relaxed and delightful city, has TWICE the density of NYC! High densities allow you to use mass transit...
Where does the food and water come from to feed these people who are now in a totally urban setting and totally dependent upon transportation from the outside ...
To put this in perspective I have a few questions: Are you agriculturally self sufficient? (If you aren't then I have to assume your food comes from the same...
... I noticed this torturing of the English language I did with that last sentence. What I actually meant to say was: "and the typical food distribution...
I am not yet self-sufficient but am working hard at it. We just moved out of a very suburban area. I am a work in progress, as they say. As such, I actually...
I hate McDonalds and if I could sell my car today, I'd do it without hesitation. I don't want anyone else's traffic and I don't want to be in it either. Been ...
Before you go much further, Lise, check out (from the library) Christopher Alexander's "A Pattern Language," and look up specifically the "City-Country...
I don't know where you were, but I ride the trains here in LA...a lot more comfortable than the buses or than cars, far more sociable. My fellow passengers...
Lise, I normally don't address this issue head-on with people who are explicitly anti-urban. It doesn't do any good. While I don't mind talking about these...
Metro in DC. Lise "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." --John Muir From: Richard Risemberg...
I'm in a Northern county in Virginia. Doubt if their library will have a copy but will check. Also, I doubt these folks are dependent on anyone for much. Not...
I'm one of those people, and there are plenty of us, although society has tendency to label us as anti-social/inhibited/chronically shy who do not like crowds,...
... I hate small talk myself. But I have had relatively in-depth conversations with someone I don't know and am likely not to see again. (Though often enough...