Archive | Air Quality

19 February 2010 ~ Comments

A Not So Obvious Urbanistic Perspective of Haiti

by Christi Elflein
My husband, Bill, works for the Department of Defense as a civilian federal agent where his current day to day responsibilities involve protecting U.S. naval assets travelling throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America.  When the 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti on January 12th, he unpacked his bags for a scheduled trip to Panama [...]

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15 February 2010 ~ Comments

[TED] James Howard Kunstler: The Tragedy of Suburbia

“In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.”

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17 November 2009 ~ Comments

No Urban America Without Rural America

by Tommy Manuel

I live a double life.
Most recently that life has been spent amid a cacophony of rumbling trains on the elevated subway line outside my window, the din of car horns from the drive-through fast food restaurant below my building, shrieks from emergency vehicles, bangs and clashes from the construction work on Columbia’s new [...]

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13 October 2009 ~ Comments

home air quality: what you can’t see can harm you

by Liz Neves

Home is a sacred place. Home evokes a peaceful feeling of comfort and warmth. Home is full of cherished memories and dreams of the future. But for many of us, what’s in the home can also be making us sick.
Imagine coming home at the end of a hard work day, taking a deep [...]

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