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Contrasting Two Models of How Places Survive

By Charles R. Wolfe / On October 11th, 2013
Two September experiences reminded me of the strength and fragility of urban places, and the inherent ironies of surviving town forms. One such experience was here, at home, while preparing for a keynote address in New Hampshire scheduled for later this month. The other was on the road in southern France.
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Temple University Students Win Ecological Restoration Scholarship Contest

By Admin / On October 9th, 2013
Congratulations Teresa Pereira and Taylor Keegan on winning the Island Press and Society for Ecological Restoration Why Restore? video contest! Thank you for taking part in our contest and for your contributions to ecological restoration. Keep up the good work! Check out the winning video below and read on to learn more about the winning duo and their project. Teresa Pereira and Taylor Keegan Teresa Pereira, Master's candidate Temple University, Landscape Architecture and Ecological Restoration Taylor Keegan, Master's candidate
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#Foreword Friday: Mortgaging the Earth Edition

By Admin / On October 4th, 2013
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning point for the World Bank. What's happened since then? How have the Bank's efforts fallen short? Called a “detailed and thought-provoking look at an important subject” by The New York Times, Mortgaging the Earth analyzes the twenty year period leading up the Rio Summit. Rich offers not only an important history but critical insights about economic development that are ever-more relevant today.
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More Bugs, More Plants: A Crash Course on Biophilic Cities

By Timothy Beatley / On October 2nd, 2013
Cross-posted at TheCityFix We need nature even more these days. As more people live in cities, nature offers a potent remedy to many of the environmental, economic, and emotional challenges presented by urban living. To address this, a new approach to urbanism has arisen – a “biophilic” urbanism – based on the assumption that contact with nature and the natural world is absolutely essential to modern urban life.
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Unlocking the IPCC Assessment Process

By Admin / On September 27th, 2013
Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fifth big report, bringing with it a flurry of news coverage and strong reactions from both industry and environmental advocates. Does the assessment overstate or understate the dangers of global warming? Can the skepticism about whether humans are driving climate change finally be put to rest? As journalists, scientists, and citizens parse the findings, it’s worth pausing to consider just what the IPCC is and how it reaches its conclusions.
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#Foreword Friday: Foreclosure Edition

By Admin / On September 27th, 2013
The World Bank Group proudly proclaims "our dream is a world without poverty." Supported by the U.S. and other rich industrialized nations, it lends more than $50 billion annually to developing countries-purportedly for projects and programs that help the poor while protecting the environment.
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Take Your Vows: To Farm is To Be Married

By Gary Paul Nabhan / On September 26th, 2013
We are not alone in our struggle to achieve food security in the face of climate change. We are all in this together, growing food in partnership with diverse seeds, breeds, soil microbes, pollinators and other beneficial insects. But we need to acknowledge our interdependence with these other lives, because our fates are intertwined. In a sense, we are married to them, cohabitate with them and cannot physically or spiritually live separate from them.

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