News and Updates
June 6, 2009: Quick post from U.S. News and World Report about careers in urban planning and a link to an Urban and Regional Planning guide from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning…
Mayan Forest Management
[View of the surrounding jungles from atop a Mayan Temple]
In similar fashion to how the Japanese conducted themselves in relation to the usage of their forests as a natural and renewable resource, researchers in the Yucatan Peninsula have spent years studying the ancient jungles where the Mayan Civilization once stood and now believe that the forests surrounding the lost empire were managed to a high degree.
Defending Bloomberg
I have an idea for Mayor Bloomberg. Statue of Liberty, get rid of the torch. Replace the torch with a windmill. Let the newly arriving immigrants be greeted by Lady Liberty and a windmill.
-Rush Limbaugh, August 20, 2008
MasaMania 2.0 “Nevermore”
[Images © MasaMania.com]
With the second installment of my effort to archive the intimate view of Japanese urban life that was MasaMania.com, we take a closer look at how crows have adapted to live within the built environment of the worlds largest Megalopolis.