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Re-Thinking Suburbia- Time for a Retrofit
2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford June 30th, 2010 in Commentary, Construction/Remodeling, Peak Oil.Ellen Dunham-Jones speaks at a Ted Conference on re-thinking suburbia in a post fosil fuel world. This is a facinating and optimistic look into a possible future. While some would argue that the suburban model of development is a dead end and a future wasteland, Dunham proposes a possible future an urban lifestyle in the [...]
Chicago’s Motto Threatened by Budget Woes
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford March 11th, 2010 in Commentary.Urbis in Horto is the motto for Chicago and in Latin it means City in a Garden.
Walgreens– Help us end Single Use Plastic
2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford June 8th, 2009 in Commentary, Diet/Nutrition/Eating.Most people I have met want to do the right thing and when they don’t it is more often because they have given no thought to what the right thing is in that situation. When it comes to plastic, we have not done enough thinking. NOT AT ALL!! We continue to take a soon to be diminishing resource and continue to waste it on disposable uses.
Earth Day: Getting Your Garden On
2 Comments Published by Seamus Ford April 22nd, 2009 in Commentary, Diet/Nutrition/Eating, Peak Oil, landscaping.One day my neighbor Tony popped his head over the fence while I was out back working and said “Hey Man! I see you’re gettin your garden on. Thats cool.” It made me think, that is what the experience is like. Gardening is like getting a groove on with the earth.
