It has been widely argued that “green” infrastructure projects can provide more cost-effective control of stormwater runoff through the use of natural design features that reduce the required design capacity of the “gray” infrastructures. George Washington University has been a first-mover in this regard, developing an underutilized space called “Square 80” into a low-impact development…
Category: environment
#70: worship, authority ranking and appeal, suburban sprawl’s Ponzi scheme, and other Sunday thoughts…
“Fly like eagles in worship…” At church this morning [Grace International Church, Baltimore, MD], Pastor Ken and the worship team improvised a lyric saying “Eagles take their prey to a higher altitude to suffocate them. Worship is moving to a higher altitude where problems and doubts can’t breathe.” Such an awesome exhortation! Worship takes our…
can “technology organization(s) with trucks” save us from ourselves?
while reading my feedly sources last night, a suggestion to follow a blog called Green OR popped up. “green” and “operations research” are two of my favorite terms, so of course i clicked on their timeline. you should definitely check out ian frommer’s blog when you can. the very first post up discusses the role…
the “energy of innovation”
GWU’s Frank Sesno hosts Planet Forward’s special episode on “The Energy of Innovation.” I found this especially encouraging, and even had the Lakers game on mute while I was listening. I was even able to convince another resident that we should not increase the volume on the game in our apartment building’s club room, while…
#64 van jones at powershift
i heard a clip of van jones’s powershift keynote while listening to amy goodman while getting out the door yesterday morning. i’m still processing his words, but he said something that i found very important to study: “our economy runs on death. every day we pull death out of the ground and burn it”… here’s…
i own this…
I took a detour on my way to work this morning by walking across the Capitol directly catch the Orange/Blue lines. [I don’t like crowds, and if you’ve been in Union Station with broken escalators between 7.45-8.45AM, you might sympathize.] Halfway to the station, I looked up and this is what I saw: I remember…
brita water
As I am a civil/environmental engineer studying drinking water policy, I get all kinds of questions about whether or not tap water is safe or whether it should be filtered… This is an entertaining short blog to that effect.
#45
ok now, has it really come to this? the washington post has reported that senator tom coborn is threatening to block a bill in Congress that would honor Rachel Carson, the author of Silent Spring, on her centennial. the reason: her book has raised public alarm that has stigmatized the use of pesticides which could…
nyc congestion pricing
michael bloomberg’s idea, to charge $8 to travel into downtown manhattan during peak travel hours, is one of the greatest american transit advances i’ve heard of… my impression of my fellow citizens is that we feel like we shouldn’t pay a premium for wasting precious fossil-fuel resources, consuming massive amounts of food, and otherwise titillating…