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Impermeable Surfaces

Impermeable Surfaces If asked “What is the biggest threat facing humanity,” what would you say?  Wildfires?  Extreme Weather Events?  Floods?  Mass migration?  Drought?  Climate change? Mass Extinction?  Our refusal to deal with our big issues? Ennui? If I had to … Continue reading

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Sponge Cities

[photo credit – The Source magazine – 8.30.2017]   Sponge Cities As I made my way into work the other day, an announcement on the radio alerted me to a flood warning that would be in effect until later that … Continue reading

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