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I recently stumbled on an example of the economic power of walkable urban development, which can be sparked by rail transit and appropriate mixed-use zoning. A small Washington Post item in the local news section, buried on page B4, announced...
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It's been just over 21 years since the United Nations released Our Common Future and introduced the term "sustainable development" to the popular culture. I was thirty years old when I read it, and I remember highlighting whole sections and...
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Yesterday, the front page of The New York Times business section ran an article headlined:...
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It’s ironic that the images of flooding in the mid-west are accompanied by stories about government agencies pleading with people in those hard-hit areas to conserve water, because the floods have contaminated drinking water supplies. The recent...
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With gas prices rising to over $4.00 per gallon, long-hidden costs of the fuel embedded within our food system are beginning to show with higher prices at the supermarket checkout. The legacy of once-cheap oil, petroleum now pervades every phase of...
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Keeping a book short is no easy task, especially on a set of topics as complex and controversial as population and the reproductive intentions of women.
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In the agricultural age, the 18th and 19th century, the American Dream could have been summarized as “40 acres and a mule.” An independent Jeffersonian “yeoman farmer” was an ideal that attracted many immigrants here. In the industrial age, the early and...
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Recently, I received a review copy of a handbook for people seeking “green” careers. This has been beat for a long time now, and I’m always interested in other people’s wisdom and advice. I was vaguely troubled after reading it, but I couldn’t exactly...
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Unintended consequences. Do we wish we knew then what we know now? I encounter the phrases often while investigating environmental and health impacts of the materials that go into consumer products. News this week reminded me why it’s time to retire...
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Yes, it finally happened. We’re down to two in the race. The others have dropped out, the final holdout brushed aside and the main event begins. Of course I’m talking about the NBA finals. Great east-west rivalry with two teams that have very different...