Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple lifeI don't know much about Suzuki, but he sounds like a pretty great guy. He's one of the people who championed environmentalist ideas back when they were much less popular. And for that I commend him ( Read more... )

Seattle has a new slogan to boost tourism: metronaturalUnfortunately, they picked the name because of "the nature surrounding the city," rather than in some kind of recognition of the natural qualities of vibrant urban landscapes... but, I'll take what I can get ( Read more... )

Urbanization is one of the dominant demographic trends of our time. In 1900, 150 million people lived in cities. By 2000, it was 2.9 billion people, a 19-fold increase. By 2007 more than half of us will live in cities-making us, for the first time, an urban species. From The Ecology of Cities
I think that this article is a little off base in the way ( Read more... )

Chasing Zero: An Experiment in Extreme Urban Environmentalism by Ben Jervey ( Read more... )

I just found this page, it's a set of questions that one might ask to better understand the the spiritual life of the place we live.

Here are the questions:

Pay attention to the shape of your neighborhood.What feels like the center of the neighborhood ( Read more... )

I really like her art.

Who is the piano man?

This story has me riveted to my browser!

Check out this post from StartsAndFits about a wild thing that happened when I was out on my bike in the bronx the other day...