Procrastination is awful. At least reading is enjoyable. Super adobe is a cool system that reshapes an abundant resource into beautiful housing with minimal materials and energy. Kudos to Fabio for bringing this company to my attention!https://www.calearth.org/intro-superadobe Indoor vertical farming in Chicago’s back of the Yards Neighborhood.https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-backyard-fresh-farms-vertical-indoor-farm-20190807-j7bzv2axi5cfrfuvspqyht7xku-story.html The limitations of neighborhood councils and participatory democracy…
Month: February 2020
George Washington’s Birthday
Looks like this is becoming a habit. Truly original content just takes longer than I anticipated. “Washington’s greatest and most lasting contribution was his example in establishing what is called “ordered liberty.” Ordered liberty requires that citizens be honest. The opposite of ordered liberty is dishonesty and confusion. Washington was known for his honesty. ”…
Link-Fest 3…
Because I didn’t take time to write last week. Frick Environmental Center is a building that I have had the pleasure of getting a personal tour of while I lived in Pittsburgh. Here is a link to their website which has much better descriptions of the building that I could hope to compile.https://www.pittsburghparks.org/frick-environmental-center-building Earthquake hazards…
Link-fest 2!
It appears that I will be too busy to write a real article this week as well. So, for the sake of convenient education, here is another set of links for your brains to munch on. This is an interesting article from a blog that is tailored more specifically to Pittsburgh but also looks at…