If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.For those looking to make a difference in the place they live, I would argue that the first and simplest step you can take is to start Blogging. It unlike many other options is an easy first step and has the potential to [...]

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I have heard of adaptive re-use but this is a whole different thing going on here..

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If this does not make you want to go out and buy a new car…..
This picture was photographed by Chris Jordan as a part of a series helping give us a glimpse of our true impact on the world.

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Last week I was frustrated with our voicemail system and decided that I was going to fix it no matter how long it took me.  3 hours later we had a new message, simpler extensions and well… some good music for those who just need to take a break from their busy day.  But here [...]

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I am very excited about this solution for vacant urban land.  We have often talked about what to do with land that both we and others in our area own and have turned down the idea of a community garden because there are so many stories of gardens that once put in are “permanent”.  And [...]

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Jessie (My awesome wife) has been really digging this blog lately. We now have homemade hand soap, deodorant and laundry soap is on the way, all because EnviroMom is helping us think about our waste and consumption in a new way with her writing. Makes me think about what else we can produce at home…  [...]

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I have been trying to do more blogging and less linking here so that you actually get something of value when you come here to the LJ Urban blog.  But look at this jacket, how could I possibly resist posting about it?
Levi

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Community is one of the strongest elements to successful cities and promoting that community is an unfortunately non tangible effort. Cities often don’t know how to be effective in this area and individuals who are doing things often don’t have a way to get their voice heard.
I have a crazy idea that may not turn [...]

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How cool would it be if we were to one day figure out how to build a fully sustainable fully off the grid home?  I know that the houses birds build are actually more sustainable than these are but Inhabitat has a fun post up today about building bird houses out of garbage.
On the flip [...]

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Sometimes I get so wrapped up in defending well designed density that I forget some of the basic reasons for it. It was refreshing to see this post from a conference in Israel - where land is much scarcer and fought over than here. I liked this quote - “Transit, culture, creativity ­ [...]

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