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Why climate change action cannot succeed without social equity

March 8, 2016 By Murtaza Baxamusa

social equity for Sustainability
People-centric planning for Sustainability

Over 120 cities and counties in California have a climate action plan either completed or in the pipeline.  As cities develop these plans and initiatives to address climate change, it is important to emphasize that social equity is integrated within environmental policies. The vulnerabilities, resilience and sustainability of the human ecosystem are as much determined by diversity and inter-dependence as its natural counterpart. As Pope Francis said in Laudato Sí, “a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”Continue Reading Why climate change action cannot succeed without social equity

Filed Under: Ecology, environmental health, Feature Posts, Planning, San Diego, Transportation Tagged With: carbon emission, climate change, global warming, social equity

Its not Smart Growth… It’s Called Avoiding a Housing Crisis

March 1, 2016 By Howard Blackson III

Climate Action Zone - San Diego County Administration Building - by Jen Spencer
Photo by Jen Spencer

California’s Bay Area housing disaster tells Southern Californians that our housing crisis will only get worse and doing nothing is both an irrational and irresponsible response. We are faced with deciding to have more neighbors or pay more taxes as we desperately need money to fix our city’s crumbling infrastructure.  The conundrum is that we despise taxes and the mere mention of ‘density’ polarizes any discussion into either demands for no new growth or building tall towers.

I believe answers to meet San Diego’s housing demand are found in the following two-tier approach:Continue Reading Its not Smart Growth… It’s Called Avoiding a Housing Crisis

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Ecology, Feature Posts, Planning, San Diego Tagged With: Climate Action Plan, climate change, global warming, housing, Peter Calthrope, San Diego, TOD, transit oriented development

How TV weather reporters are aiding and abetting climate change

October 31, 2015 By Bill Adams

Mark Mathis, KUSI
Mark Mathis of San Diego’s KUSI reporting an increasingly rare day of moderate temperatures.

On June 2, 2015, San Diego’s independent TV station KUSI set aside a segment of their weather report to editorialize about climate change.  The message: climate change is minimal and natural – not man made.  The message was delivered by Mark Mathis, KUSI’s weather reporter who has an A.S. degree in meteorology.  Mr. Mathis based his argument primarily on the two following assumptions:Continue Reading How TV weather reporters are aiding and abetting climate change

Filed Under: Ecology, environmental health, Feature Posts, San Diego Tagged With: climate change, CO2, global warming, John Coleman, KUSI, Mark Mathis

Celebrating Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas

November 4, 2014 By Sandhya Sood

Panorama from the University Club atop California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.
Panorama from the University Club atop California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

While I was a graduate student at UC Berkeley studying architecture, ideas were always buzzing around; at design charrettes, guest lectures and of course, at the dining table. International House, where I lived, was home to residents from eighty countries enrolled in various academic programs. Our insatiable thirst for learning extended to coffee hours and dinner, with enough food for thought to go around.Continue Reading Celebrating Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Professional Development, San Francisco Bay Area Tagged With: Architecture, Bay Area, Berkeley, berkeleyideas, climate change, density, design, global warming, photovoltaic, smart growth, TED Talk, TOD, UC Berkeley, Uncharted, University of California

Who Hijacked La Mesa’s Trees?

August 19, 2014 By Bill Adams

La Mesa Streetscape Masterplan Figure 5The City of La Mesa has cut down all the shade trees along its commercial mainstreet. This occurred as construction began on the La Mesa Downtown Streetscape “enhancement” project. Some of these trees were tattered, unhealthy, or buckling the sidewalks. However, the city removed nearly all the trees, problematic or not.  Rather than replacing these trees with environmentally and pedestrian friendly shade trees (e.g. native varieties like Western Sycamores, Live Oak, or Black Oak), the replacements tree choice is being guided primarily by maintenance concerns, leaving a limited selection of relatively small non-native and non-shade trees.  Additionally, the Streetscape Masterplan shows an abundance of the grossly overused fan palm, sparing only La Mesa Boulevard between Acacia and 4th, and a few other blocks.  Continue Reading Who Hijacked La Mesa’s Trees?

Filed Under: Civic, Ecology, landscape architecture, News, Planning, Revitalization, San Diego Tagged With: carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, climate change, Complete Streets, global warming, heat island, livable, native plants, place making, smart growth, traffic calming, urbanism

Parks and Climate Change: The L.A. County Story

July 29, 2014 By Clement Lau

Tree at Schabarum ParkLocal and regional parks can be used to mitigate the urban heat island effect and minimize local climate change.  Unfortunately, this idea is not often shared, discussed, and/or adequately understood.  If you do a search on the web on “climate change and parks,” you will find that most of the results are links to information about how climate change is impacting national parks.  Examples include a discussion on the National Park Service (NPS) website, and recent articles published by National Geographic and Scientific America. Continue Reading Parks and Climate Change: The L.A. County Story

Filed Under: Environment, Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Planning, Projects Tagged With: climate change, Community Parks and Recreation Plans, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, LEED, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, Parks, smart controllers, smart growth, Sustainability, transit, trees, urban forest, urban forestry, urban heat island, urbanism

Dwell on THIS…

June 29, 2014 By Daniel Ebuehi

Fan Exhibit
Fan Exhibit

So I started out my summer by attending the Dwell on Design 2014 Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center and was quite amazed. For a first timer I was able to immerse myself into the culture of novelty and excellence.

Continue Reading Dwell on THIS…

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Professional Development, Review Tagged With: Architecture, climate change, design, Environment, global warming, smart growth, sustainable, urbanism

What Hurricane Sandy teaches us about our built environment

October 30, 2012 By Eric Corey Freed

sandy_approaches_east_coast-noaaThe profession of Design is about to drastically change. If you’re an architect, engineer, planner or builder, the way you build is about to undergo some radical new transformations.Continue Reading What Hurricane Sandy teaches us about our built environment

Filed Under: Environment, Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Planning Tagged With: campaign, climate change, debate, FEMA, global warming, greenhouse effect. icecap, greenhouse gas, hurricane, ice cap, polar, Sandy, sea level, storms, Subway

Portland Gets Committment for Light Rail Funding

June 7, 2012 By Melanie Johnson

Light rail tracks in Portland, Oregon by Corbin KeechPortland Mayor Sam Adams this week met with local and federal leaders to iron out funding for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project.

The meeting involved solidifying a commitment for federal funding, according to the mayor’s website.  The Federal Transit Administration will fund 50 percent of the project, $745.2 million.Continue Reading Portland Gets Committment for Light Rail Funding

Filed Under: News, Portland, Transportation Tagged With: electrified rail, federal transportation, global warming, light rail, mass transit, Obama, public transportation, smart growth, streetcar, Subway, trains, transit oriented development, trolley

Portland Tops Rankings for Bike Commuting

May 26, 2012 By Melanie Johnson

bike rackIn Portland, bicycles provide both an economic boost and a healthy way to get around for residents.Continue Reading Portland Tops Rankings for Bike Commuting

Filed Under: Environment, News, Portland, Transportation Tagged With: bicycle, bike paths, bike share, global warming, green, greenhouse gas, pedestrian, sustainable, traffic congestion

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