Posts Tagged ‘health’
Why do we let buildings fall like casualties to the wrecker’s ball? Why do we ignore the streets we live on and scoff at what is old and grey with the dust of a thousand ...
What do air pollution, traffic congestion, crumbling municipal roads and bridges, and your health have in common?
You can do something to help improve all of these things.
Crazy? Not really.
Do you have to sign a petition? Go to a rally? Support a ...
Yesterday after work, to the general dismay of my co-workers, I walked home. I work in a shop near the location of the former Devonshire Racetrack, and walking home means trekking many blocks north towards Howard and Shepherd Avenue.
I was transferred a few months ago. I ...
This has been a long time coming. After years of being called a "poser", feeling hypocritical as I drive one of my two vehicles around town sporting a tattoo on my ...
Thoughts, so many of them. It's a good thing too, they keep the voices at bay.
We are now a link on the Slow Home Network. This is a movement dedicated to stopping the mass-production and homoginization of residentialbuildings. A slow home is one that is carefully designed for ...
City Dwellers Live Longer, Save More by Driving LessNew York City, long seen as a mecca of hedonism and self-destructive indulgence, has witnessed a startling transformation over the past few years: life ...
We have discussed before the fact that the more walkable a neighbourhood is, the more likely its residents are to engage in different forms of active transportation. Walkable neighbourhoods also tend to be ...
I live in Olde Walkerville--an appropriately named community nestled amongst century old trees, beautiful garden townhomes and stately manour houses. It's built in a traditional grid pattern that encourages pedestrian traffic. The homes ...
