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cities -> economies of scale -> greener
Really enjoyed this New York Times column on Math and the City which uses mathematics to connect cities with organisms; i.e., cities are living things. I especially liked this paragraph that describes how city size affects things like infrastructure, specifically gas stations. For … Continue reading
Posted in community, environment, everyday, sustainable, urbanism
Tagged cities, economies of scale, math, Zipf’s law
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Everyday Sustainable in India
I’ve just returned from a 3-week visit to India, where I kept my eyes/ears/nose open to the Everyday Sustainable there. This was a personal visit, which included travel in the North on the tourist-triangle of Delhi-Jaipur-Agra, and tourism with family/friends … Continue reading
Posted in community, energy saving, food, green products, local, plastic, recycle, reuse, sustainability, transportation
Tagged India
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local food: Green Oaks Creek Farm
Lucky kids. Yesterday I got a note from a fellow San Franciscan describing the joys of old-fashioned farming of his 3000 sq ft veggie garden and 80-tree orchard up north, and how his “son’s eyes roll back in his head when he eats a peach, or [the] … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, community, everyday, food, local, sustainable
Tagged CSA, farm, gardening, harvest, organic, Pescadero, San Francsico
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Sense of Place: where’s your sit spot?
Last weekend, I attended the second session of the Be the Change Environmental Leadership Program. We met at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills, and it was a perfect environment to think about affecting change to benefit the environment. One … Continue reading
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Tagged "be the change", Hidden Villa, nature, practice, sense of place, senses, sit
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HOW TO: swap-raffle
Yesterday, I had a great “Everyday Sustainable” day, with two swap events. The first was a clothes swap which I organize every few months with friends. And the second happened at a meeting for members of 29Gifts, a global network … Continue reading
