(guest post from Cass Turnbull) The year of 2014 in Seattle has been the year of density, specifically density without infrastructure, including green infrastructure. The development of Urban Villages and single family in-fill was breath-taking in its speed, the immense … Continue reading The Year of Density
An update to our post Seattle’s Natural Areas – requests for policy info and more… We had asked city officials when the public would be allowed input on developing the new greenspaces policy. We also asked that the Cheasty PAT be either dismissed or postponed, until a greenspaces policy was in place: Revised permanent use policy for Seattle’s Natural Areas and Greenbelts (pdf) Acting Parks superintendent Williams wrote back that there was “no need” to postpone or dismiss the Cheasty PAT. He said we could write to somebody if we had if we had any questions about the “upcoming process” for … Continue reading Update re: Seattle’s Natural Areas – requests for policy info and more
Today Seattle Nature Alliance sent a letter to the City Council and several other organizations. We asked for information on development of the new greenspaces/natural areas policy that Parks Superintendent Williams mentioned last August. We also recommended the Cheasty PAT be dismissed or postponed until AFTER the new natural areas policy has been developed and approved: Revised permanent use policy for Seattle’s Natural Areas and Greenbelts (pdf) Feel free to distribute it, and please let the City Council know how you feel. Thanks! Continue reading Seattle’s Natural Areas – requests for policy info and more
Since posting Summer Reading and Reading Challenges here it’s become clear that keeping up regular posts about great readings is unrealistic. There is simply too much fantastic writing about nature and cities out there! So here’s a listing of a few places to check online, where the writing is regular, timely, and always interesting. Keeping up with all of them is a challenge, but thankfully, most have options for staying in touch via email subscription, rss feed, Twitter, and of course, Facebook. The Open Voices Blog on Nature Sacred – regular pieces, and a weekly “Open Voices News Roundup”, with summaries … Continue reading Keeping up on reading
It seems you can’t go around a corner in a discussion about environment in Seattle these days without hearing about trees. Trees are in the news. Finally. There are the headline making stories like the removal of a dozen mature … Continue reading Trees
Since posting Summer Reading a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been drawn into reading on the environment which has become more and more challenging, in the sense that my preconceived ideas and notions have been repeatedly taken to task, and I have been asked to look at things differently, and to even look at issues that I never even thought about. Here are three of the most recent: From National Geographic, a discussion of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act in, 50 Years of Wilderness. The adding of new wilderness areas brings more challenges to the maintenance and regulation issues surrounding … Continue reading Reading challenges
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