Thunder Bay News:
Jim Erickson: Voluntary Actions May Not Solve Lake Erie's Pollution Problem→
/University of Michigan:
You can ask farmers to help, you can pay farmers to help, you can tell farmers to help, or is there another way?
Scott Johnson: Monarchs at Peril→
/ArsTechnica:
Ross Andersen: Insight from Lake Sediment→
/Atlantic:
Kevin Duffy: Rare Orchid Threatened with Global Warming→
/Great Lakes Echo:
Nathan Collins: Models Often Better Than Guessing→
/Pacific Standard:
Nathaniel Rich: DuPont's Sin and Rob Bilott's Courage→
/New York Times:
John Myers: Lakes Warming Up
/Duluth News Tribune:
How long will some people keep their head in the sand? Justice would be served if only those descendants of today's global warming deniers paid the costs of inaction.
How to Simulate the Future of a Watershed→
/University of Wisconsin: Water Sustainability and Climate
The steps the article outlines are helpful: (1)start with stories, (2)simulate the system, and (3)ask what-if questions.
Sarah Booth: Zoning for Sustainability→
/Sustainable City Network:
There has been a big lag in revising zoning ordinances for sustainability and walkability.
Reduce Variability At Your Peril→
/UW-Madison Center for Limnology:
Are there examples in your area? The building of levees for flood control in the article resonates. How about the Mille Lacs walleye population?
Linda Poon: Putting Citizens at the Center of Urban Design→
/CityLab:
In the tradition of observations of William Whyte.
AnnaKay Kruger: A Lake's Woody Habitat→
/UW: Center for Limnology:
Lisa Palmer: Genetically Modified Mosquitos→
/Yale Environment 360:
Tinkering with Nature can have unintended consequences. See Nassim Nicholas Taleb's concerns with GMOs:
The Precautionary Principle with Application to the Genetic Modification of Organisms
EconTalk Episode with Nassim Nicholas Taleb; Hosted by Russ Roberts
Greg Seitz: Unlocking Lake of the Woods→
/St. Croix Watershed Research Station Blog:
Jed Kolko: How Suburban Are Big American Cities?→
/FiveThirtyEight:
Density makes a place vibrant. Density makes a city work. Density is the word and our answer to make better communities. Holly Whyte said "we are going to have to work with a much tighter pattern of spaces and development, and that our environment may be the better for it."
We need to confront the need for density. I've denied and deluded myself that density was not the main issue. I've used words like 'compact', 'vibrant', and 'urban'. What is meant is more people per unit area, as well as mixed use and class.
Higher density is better for a city. Again, Holly Whyte: