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Shareable | Architectural Myopia: Designing for Industry, Not People
In the last half-century, the clear result of “architectural myopia” is buildings whose makers have been so concerned with the drama of their appearance that they fail on the most fundamental human criteria. They isolate people; they do not [...]
The Atlantic Cities | Should the Public Pay for Unprofitable Transit Routes?
We can crusade for the elimination of transportation services that cannot pay for themselves and in the process eliminate essential mobility for people who need to get around now, all the while hoping that the poor will at some point be handed [...]
Steamboats Are Ruining Everything | Bike salmon: omen or harbinger?
Last summer, I got a new bike, much easier to ride and much zippier than the hand-me-down I’d been using. A little high on my new confidence, I was for about twenty-four hours a somewhat aggressive, even reckless biker. I don't remember my sins [...]
New Era News | Top Ten Lies About Municipalization
There sure are a lot of talking points flying around out there about Boulder's move to create a municipal utility. And I know you've seen the online ads that Xcel is spending millions on. Here's a point by point rebuttal to each and every lie and [...]
The Atlantic Cities | The Math Behind Sacking Disposable Bags
A 2008 study by D.C.’s Department of the Environment found that plastic bags made up 21 percent of the trash in the Anacostia River, and more than 40 percent of the trash in its tributaries. Read the entire article at Atlantic Cities: The Math [...]
cleveland.com | Ohio State’s Gordon Gee still pay leader of public college presidents
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee remains the highest-paid president among 185 of the nation's public universities, according to a newly released survey of compensation. Gee, who has topped the Chronicle of Higher [...]
PLAN-Boulder Council Candidate Forum
PLAN-Boulder County will be holding three forums for City Council candidates. Each forum combines incumbent candidates, candidates with some experience on city boards, and candidates with less experience. SEPT. 23 12:00 to 1:30 pm Moderator: [...]
The Colorado Independent | New city of Boulder, NOAA study ties climate science to drought, water shortages
Colorado’s future looks extremely hot and dry if current climate trends continue, and the city of Boulder is being proactive in planning for more drought conditions, less water and a relatively crispy climate outlook all along the state’s Front [...]
The Atlantic Cities | Debunking the Cul-de-Sac
Earlier neighborhoods were literally built on a scale for the human body, with architectural embellishments at eye level and blocks and sidewalks designed for foot travel. The human measuring stick hasn’t changed much over the last 200 years, and [...]
EatLocalGuide.com | The Great GMO Debate
The debate over the use of GMOs has been pretty much explicitly confined to two aspects, the scientific and the economic. But as Wendell Berry says, these are only two sides of an eight-sided coin. Read the entire article at EatLocal.com: The [...]
