Ten years ago today, on my sixtieth birthday, I was sitting in a bar in Sienna, listening to a big conference call where it was announced that Treehugger’s owners, the Discovery Network, had sold us to the Mother Nature Network.
Happy birthday Lloyd! In Toronto, your views about aging and urbanism are certainly contrarian. Here in France, the government has decreed that NO additional density can be created, forcing cities and their citizens to do exactly what you prescribe, namely get out of their cars, onto the bicycle or better yet, to go about on foot, and to share their urban footprint with as many fellow citizens as possible. The switch of energy source from carbon to electricity remains to be resolved here however. Still work to do! Wishing you continued success with Carbon Upfront, Ruth Cawker
Bookmarking to read all of these. The titles resonate with me. Watching my parents generation (the depression babies) who never had to take a bus anywhere, either falter trying to cope with old age or some actively refusing to deal with it has made me determined to plan ahead for myself.
Happy birthday Lloyd! In Toronto, your views about aging and urbanism are certainly contrarian. Here in France, the government has decreed that NO additional density can be created, forcing cities and their citizens to do exactly what you prescribe, namely get out of their cars, onto the bicycle or better yet, to go about on foot, and to share their urban footprint with as many fellow citizens as possible. The switch of energy source from carbon to electricity remains to be resolved here however. Still work to do! Wishing you continued success with Carbon Upfront, Ruth Cawker
Bookmarking to read all of these. The titles resonate with me. Watching my parents generation (the depression babies) who never had to take a bus anywhere, either falter trying to cope with old age or some actively refusing to deal with it has made me determined to plan ahead for myself.
Watching my parents and my mother in law made me totally determined to not do what they did.