In college, I had a professor who said that we are a buy me, give me, take me, send me society. The latest poll on the New Jersey gas tax supports his view. The Quinnipiac University poll found that 62% of New Jersey voters oppose an increase in the gasoline tax. Although I did not […]
Office parks and dinosaurs. What a great tag line for the article…it is so clear that the suburban office park was, and has, become a dinosaur. The Merck headquarters is now vacant. This huge piece of property has no one to use it. This type of office park was never sustainable. It was away from […]
The front page photograph in the Time’s article says it all. To my mind it speaks to people’s arrogance, greed, folly and ignorance all in one image. To think that this form of development is in any way sustainable is so patently absurd that I have to wonder if we are indeed able to learn. […]
It seems that each time I think that we will not move forward with energy efficient housing in the U.S., someone does something that gives me hope that we will really make a change. It was encouraging to see that Passive House design is alive and well and being built in this country. Think about […]
I do not always agree with Paul Mulshine, but when he hits it, he hits it right on the head. His latest editorial on solar at Great Adventure is right on the money. Solar arrays are a great use of unwanted or flat space such as parking lots and roofs. Mr. Mulshine correctly points out […]