Damek.

As the warm months approach and I consider a trip out to a waterpark, or a trip to go river rafting, I was interested to read the most recent couple of posts on Ben Jervey’s excellent “reblog” sustaiNYC.
First, a post going to an Observer article on NYC’s water infrastructure, featuring a wonderful photograph of The [...]

I thought there was something funny with the Spitzer scandal stuff.
But what do you expect, Republicans are despicable in everything.

I’ve always wanted to get in touch with the outdoors, but wanted a mentor of sorts to show me the ways. Sadly I’ve never found such, but I did find something to cover a small part of that desire. See, one specific thing I’ve wanted to do for the past couple years is [...]

What Ezra says, and the Mark Kleiman he links to:
Today’s Washington Posthas a story about tree-planting in urban areas. The numbers are spectacular. In Los Angeles, tree-planting could reduce temperatures by as much as 5 degrees F., in addition to reducing air pollution and improving visibility. Yet apparently the urban, and especially suburban, tree cover [...]

Via Starts and Fits, we discover futurebird, who is writing an “urban naturalist” series. Interesting stuff, particularly the post Starts and Fits highlighted about the integration of public space into urban living:

Urban living cannot be understood without seeing each urban dwelling as larger than the private spaces of apartments. The urban living space is [...]