Edith's story always made me smile, and she was always a popular figure in the media and blogosphere. I think it gives everyone a little charge to see someone fight ‘progress,’ or at least keep the powerful at bay. I suppose it's Davida v. Goliath.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sustainability is People
Seattle experienced a passing this week: Edith Macefield, 86, a longtime Ballard resident who loved animals and the opera, and may have been a spy in World War II. But she is best known as the person who dug in her heels and made a developer build around her little house:
Edith's story always made me smile, and she was always a popular figure in the media and blogosphere. I think it gives everyone a little charge to see someone fight ‘progress,’ or at least keep the powerful at bay. I suppose it's Davida v. Goliath.
Edith's story always made me smile, and she was always a popular figure in the media and blogosphere. I think it gives everyone a little charge to see someone fight ‘progress,’ or at least keep the powerful at bay. I suppose it's Davida v. Goliath.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A little extra effort, please
I bet there are a lot of stark, unfriendly pedestrian routes in your town. One of my least favorite is the corner of Pine & Boren (satellite view) in downtown Seattle.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Climate Change roundtable for Seattle readers
A last-minute invitation came my way this morning -- let's find out what the technocrats are planning.
=====================
=====================
YOUR HOUSE, YOUR CAR, OUR CLIMATE: STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION DEPUTY SECRETARY TO DISCUSS HOW LAND USE IN WASHINGTON AFFECTS CLIMATE CHANGE
Monday, June 2, 2008
I just adore a penthouse view
Blurring the line between city and Green Acres, Seattle architecture firm Mithun has come up with this concept for a high-rise urban farm:
Read the rest of the story about 'growing' interest in urban agriculture.
Read the rest of the story about 'growing' interest in urban agriculture.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Are machines the CO2 answer?
An Arizona company, GRT, is the subject of a Guardian piece about using a machine to extract CO2 from the air. According to GRT it can build scrubber units each able to collect a ton of CO2 per day.
The article -- using a cliche I particularly hate -- stresses the concept is "not a magic bullet," as it would take millions of the machines to handle all of our carbon emissions. But while it doesn't solve the problem by itself, "this can help" and "this will help," says Richard Lackner, a Columbia University physicist who leads the team building the scrubber.
In other words, CO2 scrubbers are neat ideas that might be technically possible, but are a long way from implementation. What they need to do is miniaturize them, and install them in CO2 producing machines and processes.
The article -- using a cliche I particularly hate -- stresses the concept is "not a magic bullet," as it would take millions of the machines to handle all of our carbon emissions. But while it doesn't solve the problem by itself, "this can help" and "this will help," says Richard Lackner, a Columbia University physicist who leads the team building the scrubber.
In other words, CO2 scrubbers are neat ideas that might be technically possible, but are a long way from implementation. What they need to do is miniaturize them, and install them in CO2 producing machines and processes.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)