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Storm Water System in Japan

Totally unrelated, but I think it’s cool so I’ll post it. Click on the image to read more.   […]

Eric Strauss on–you guessed it–Urban Ecology

Eric Strauss gave a talk at Boston College entitled “Urban Ecology: A New Science for Revitalizing America’s Cities.” Among other things, he illuminates important ties between urban ecology and social equity. The quality and character of the urban landscape is how people view nature. If most people are living in cities and most young people are […] […]

Urban Ecology; or, where we fit on this planet

At the heart of urban ecology is the idea (which is strangely new to Western civilization) that the species homo sapien is, like every other organism in the universe, part of an ecosystem. As human beings, we are fantastic competitors. We have learned to out-compete almost every other species for food, land, water, and other resources; […] […]