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A New Vision for Transportation
posted by David Bennett on 27 July 2009
Freeway interchange near the port of Yokohama, Honshu, Japan (35°27’ N, 139°41’ E) As the U.S. auto manufacturing industry slows to a halt, the evidence seems clear that car-centered transportation models are economically and environmentally unsustainable systems. However, the downfall of the traditional car industry presents us with exciting opportunities to re-envision cost effective transportation systems [...]
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Seeking Refuge from Melting Ice Sheets
posted by David Bennett on 01 July 2009
Recent studies estimate that the IPCC’s projections of an 18 to 59 centimeter rise in sea level due to the melting of the Antartica and Greenland ice sheets is well within the range of possibilities during this century. In fact, a study conducted by the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment estimates that a sea level rise [...]
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All it Takes is Water, Salt and Sugar
posted by David Bennett on 17 June 2009
Children in a courtyard, Hlatikulu, Shiselweni, Kingdom of Swaziland (26°58’S – 31°19’E). Worldwide, efforts are being made to accomplish the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by two thirds the mortality rate among children under the age of five by the year 2015. Progress towards reaching this goal is lead by local and global efforts [...]
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Growing Our Cities: Urban Agriculture
posted by David Bennett on 05 June 2009
On rooftops, in empty lots and along sidewalks, urban communities are becoming increasingly passionate about farming within their own neighborhoods.
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