When a bad choice is better than no choice
Tomorrow Britons go to the polls. Americans should take note. As proved the case with the 2016 Brexit referendum shortly followed by the Trump victory in the U.S. general election, what happens there tomorrow may be the strongest portent we have as to what will follow here in November. *Updated 12/13/19…
The shady politics of urban greening
Glare alone creates the long shadows of Los Angeles. So squinting was inevitable when the city announced the appointment of arborist Rachel Malarich as its “first-ever” forest officer. According to the announcement by Mayor Eric Garcetti, as part of the administration’s Green New Deal, the new forest officer will plant 90,000 new trees in two years. These in turn are expected to provide 61 million square feet of shade in underserved areas.
Glare defines Los Angeles. So squinting was inevitable when the city announced the appointment of arborist Rachel Malarich as its “first-ever” forest officer. Her job, part of the city’s Green New Deal, is to plant 90,000 trees in the next two years. Creation of an estimated 61.3 million square feet of new shade in tree-poor communities is to be done just as the city weans itself from half of its imported water, with a lion’s share of …
Because, gazing
This series charts the conversion of a sloping 12-feet-wide by 36-feet-long long concrete yard to a garden.Why science, not money, should matter on June 5th
Antonio Villaraigosa's long association with a desert water mining scheme should disqualify him from governorship of CaliforniaIn praise of Altadena Hiker and Karin Bugge
Karin Bugge, who died this week, brought one of the most humane and original voices to the golden era of blogging. « go back — keep looking »North American Native Plant Societies
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