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Life Following Life: The Built Tries to Follow the Natural.

Carina August 25, 2010
Life Following Life: The Built Tries to Follow the Natural.

I have no doubt posted the transcript of the speech, You are Brilliant and the Earth is Hiring. But if you haven’t had a chance to read it or if you just need a pick me up, go ahead and take 10 minutes and read it. In it, Paul Hawken essentially evokes Buckminster Fuller’s ideas [...]

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Ready and Open for Crisis?

Carina August 24, 2010
Ready and Open for Crisis?

We humans are funny beasts. We like to think of ourselves as proactive and flexible, when actually, for the most part we are reactive and rigid, to the point that how we respond to certain stimuli actually becomes part of our identity. Or perhaps it is the other way around, our identity shapes how we [...]

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Redefining Appalachia

Carina August 23, 2010
Redefining Appalachia

Solutions journal has a special issue on the future and transition of Appalachia that is both inspiring–in its discussion of the potential for a resilient, localized, vibrant economy and upsetting–in its disclosure that while coal extraction has  “largely defined the public image of Appalachia, the industry is at an all-time low in terms of employment—it [...]

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A New Era of Sustainability

Carina August 17, 2010
A New Era of Sustainability

Welcome to the new CISC blog, the version that will change your life (hopefully–that is, if we do our jobs right.) But really, we have a new look, new contributors and a dedicated commitment to re-think the oft thrown around words and concepts around and behind sustainability. We will share stories of everyday people (folks, [...]

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Paddling the South Bronx

Carina August 5, 2010
Paddling the South Bronx

I took some of our fabulous CISC interns on a kayaking voyage up the Bronx River a few weeks ago. And this is what they had to say about it. “New Yorkers tend to think inwards and underground about their city: Central Park and the subway. But lately, this has been changing.  Boating organizations and [...]

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