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Can communities foster wellness of body, mind and spirit?
I wrote quite a bit toward the end of last year on the connection between places that are sustainable environmentally and those that are sustainable as a matter of health, notably this post on walkability (which I should have retitled) and this one on “healing cities.” Thinking about those things is a step in the right...[read more]
Paradise in a parking lot: is history still history if it is relocated?
Is a historic city church still historic if it is no longer on its site, or even in a city? The question is posed directly in the case of the spectacular old St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic basilica in Buffalo, which is now likely to be moved to an Atlanta suburb. It’s hard to fathom a more telling and troubling symbol of the...[read more]
Sustainable Cities Collective
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“I agree I think that the nature of human interaction and involvement depends on the nature of the actual facility itself. Getting people in and around fossil fuel burning power plants is seen as a security risk, but that still leaves many components of our infrastructure that could benefit from being noticed (and that citizens could benefit from noticing). I think of examples like John ...”
“I thinks it's provocative. In Florida, we were given tours of muncipal water treatment facilities as children, less so access to energy facilities. There is a cogeneration facility at MIT that sits comfortably in the urban context, as thousands pass by daily. But I'm always concerned that critical systems and humans should not mix for the most part. Educational programs may make the same point ...”