Tag: urban
Things Are Good: Even More Evidence That Bike-Friendly Cities Are Better Cities
Bicycles are wonderful contraptions that help people be healthier, have better commutes, and are a wonderful solution to car-based traffic jams. Yet, there are still cities out there that hate cyclists (like Toronto and it’s crack-smoking mayor). In a more civilized place, Aukland, they are embracing bike-friendly infrastructure to make
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Good City is an Environmentally Friendly One
The urban environment can benefit from more, well, environment. More research is coming out that proves something that many urbanites already know: where there is green there is more peace. Cities with good access to nature and have more trees spread throughout the urban space are better places to live.
Continue readingPostArctica: A lesson learned from ‘plein air painting’
neath: Stumbled on this and remembered how enthusiastic I was about freeway art just a few years ago in they heyday of Walking Turcot Yards. Now I am thinking that my friend, Reb Frost, could probably do a pretty good Turcot painting, perhaps the old Yards really do need some
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Call to Think Bigger About Transit
The way we get around in North America is changing from a work-home orientation to a node based network with multiple destinations. At first cars were used to fulfil this but as traffic worsens we need to rethink how we all get around. The solution, of course, is to kick
Continue readingPostArctica: Dreams Of A Fire
Dreams Of A Fire Was a time less than a lifetime ago the only people on Nun’s Island were nuns In the quixotic days of our youth We could see the trucks bringing Metro dirt extending the tip of the island and over a gallon of wine many beers some
Continue readingPostArctica: Dreams Of A Fire
Dreams Of A Fire Was a time less than a lifetime ago the only people on Nun’s Island were nuns In the quixotic days of our youth We could see the trucks bringing Metro dirt extending the tip of the island and over a gallon of wine many beers some
Continue readingThings Are Good: Doctors Say Healthy People Come From Good Urban Design
A new report written by a handful of doctors titled Improving Health Care by Design concludes that in order to have a healthy populace we need cities designed for health. There is nothing startling in the report but it does provide one more reference and tool for people to use
Continue readingPostArctica: And the Flooding Accelerates…
Originally posted on Global Climate Change : As we approach summer in the northern hemisphere, torrential rains are happening with increasing frequency. One thing we can say with confidence, the water cycle (or hydrologic cycle ) is intensifying due to climate change. The Balkans, as everyone is aware, have experienced
Continue readingPostArctica: And the Flooding Accelerates…
Originally posted on Global Climate Change : As we approach summer in the northern hemisphere, torrential rains are happening with increasing frequency. One thing we can say with confidence, the water cycle (or hydrologic cycle ) is intensifying due to climate change. The Balkans, as everyone is aware, have experienced
Continue readingPostArctica: Like an iceberg, 1999 cont., “Robins in the Arctic”
neath: Climate change begins at the Arctic Originally posted on A date with Siku girl: Like an iceberg, 1999 cont.: “Robins in the Arctic” Here’s a story that crops up everywhere after I write it in 1999: it’s about birds that shouldn’t be found on Baffin Island. Like brain surgery
Continue readingPostArctica: Like an iceberg, 1999 cont., “Robins in the Arctic”
neath: Climate change begins at the Arctic Originally posted on A date with Siku girl: Like an iceberg, 1999 cont.: “Robins in the Arctic” Here’s a story that crops up everywhere after I write it in 1999: it’s about birds that shouldn’t be found on Baffin Island. Like brain surgery
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: Supervised Injection In Toronto: Why The Discussion Has Screeched To A Halt
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi Drug use is a multifaceted issue in urban life. Addiction can take an enormous toll on individuals and can leave the municipalities in which those people live struggling to adequately service their needs as well as the needs of the community. Supervised injection facilities, in which
Continue readingPostArctica: Like an iceberg, 1997, “Qaggiq”
Originally posted on A date with Siku girl: Like an iceberg, 1997: “Qaggiq” The sun still remains below the horizon in January, 1997, when I first arrive in Igloolik. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE) The long polar night is not yet over in Igloolik when I decide to visit this eastern
Continue readingPostArctica: Like an iceberg, 1997, “Qaggiq”
Originally posted on A date with Siku girl: Like an iceberg, 1997: “Qaggiq” The sun still remains below the horizon in January, 1997, when I first arrive in Igloolik. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE) The long polar night is not yet over in Igloolik when I decide to visit this eastern
Continue readingPostArctica: Traffic Lights
Originally posted on eMORFES: Photographer Lucas Zimmermann on a foggy night near Weimar, Germany, set up his camera, and took incredible long exposure traffic light photos. You can see more from the series over on Behance. View original
Continue readingPostArctica: Traffic Lights
Originally posted on e-MORFES: Photographer Lucas Zimmermann on a foggy night near Weimar, Germany, set up his camera, and took incredible long exposure traffic light photos. You can see more from the series over on Behance. View original
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