My heart is with the two million folks fleeing their homes due to Hurricane Gustav. How frightening and painful! I wish for all of them to be safe and secure. There is more, though; the head and the heart should always work together. Doesn’t it make more sense to flee permanently to more sustainable homes [...]
Entries Tagged as 'land use'
Gustav And Living In Harm’s Way
September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · politics, sustainability
Tags: bipartisan politics·culture·development·economics·extreme weather·GDP·global warming·Gustav·land use·life·New Orleans
Nature In The City: Raccoons
July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · community, lifestyle, nature, simplicity
I got up before dawn this morning and went running at first light in Mount Tabor Park, near our house. Near a 100-foot tall Douglas Fir tree, I heard unusual scrabbling noises, so I stopped in my tracks to investigate. I saw an adult raccoon spreadeagled on the tree at about waist height, looking over [...]
Tags: development·Douglas fir·environment·exercise·green living·happiness·land use·Mt Tabor·nature·Oregon·outdoors·parks·Portland·raccoons·running
Farmland, Not Subdivisions in Puyallup Valley
March 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · food & drink
I am happy to learn this morning that Pierce County in Washington is protecting its rich farmland in the Puyallup Valley from developers.
Why? I’ll get really basic. The land has already been developed. It was logged many years ago and converted into farmland. Farmland is its highest, most brilliant and diamond-cut use. The Pacific Northwest soils are so fertile they support more biomass than any other soil
Tags: developers·development·economics·environment·farmland·happy·land use·Pacific Northwest·sprawl
