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Culture Change…

Far from normal…

9 May 2018
Just a quick reminder that what you've grown to think of as normal isn't at all normal... Randal Munroe gets me so well. Cars are not at all normal. Other things…
climate…

Drawdown tips for Earth Day

20 Apr 2018
Here are some ready-made info sheets for reducing greenhouse emissions, based on Drawdown. The climate solutions team of Santa Cruz Indivisible decided we should post a display with easy steps individuals…
climate…

THE WORLD IN 2050: CREATING/IMAGINING JUST CLIMATE FUTURES: A NEARLY CARBON-NEUTRAL CONFERENCE

31 Oct 2016
THE WORLD IN 2050: CREATING/IMAGINING JUST CLIMATE FUTURES: A NEARLY CARBON-NEUTRAL CONFERENCE 24 October - 13 November 2016 from Resilience.org : Introducing … The Nearly Carbon-Free Academic Conference: The World in 2050 by John Foran…
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Biomimicry Design Challenge 2014 Winners

11 Jul 2014
The winners of the 2014 Biomimicry Design Challenge have been announced.  The theme this year was to design something related to transportation.  I worked with a couple of students here…
Culture Change…

Getting sensible about transportation options

7 Oct 20127 Oct 2012
In Santa Cruz county, we're starting to have some conversations about transit and land use.  A few interesting thoughts along those lines: City-builders across the globe understand the relative cheapness of…
transportation

xkcd | Warning

10 Aug 2012
revolution…

Jurassic Avenue « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill

11 Jun 201211 Jun 2012
Jurassic Avenue « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill. For Josh, Zach, Lucian, the other ghosts, and for all of us still up on two wheels…  June 7, 2012 Jurassic Avenue…
Culture Change…

Peak Oil and Transportation Alternatives

12 Feb 201212 Feb 2012
I'm a bike commuter.  I've said it and I'm proud.  Earthstonstation has a new post about why single-occupancy cars are such a bad idea for the future, with some important…
transportation

Streets Full of Danger

8 Jan 201122 Jan 2011
So you're walking up one side of a crowded street, running actually, with others running parallel to you, in front and behind, on your right, maybe hundreds in view.  And…

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