Sustainability Posts

Economic sustainability and environmental sustainability go a long way toward stabilizing and guiding the development choices of a region.  I have analyzed events and worked up scenarios for both.

 

Environmental
Sustainability for Northern Nevada	Looks at some ideas for sustainability in Northern Nevada in light of SustainLane Top 50 US City Rankings
Fantastic Sustainability Concept!	Floating islands made of plant and bacteria that clean up dirty or standing water and provide natural shade to cool the water
When Human Ingenuity and Nature Combine	Some industry and technology ideas which are based on environmental sustainability and could potentially have great positive impacts on the economy as well
Sustainability- Vertical Farming	Interesting tidbits I've picked up relating to the agribuilding concept.
Economic
Don't Use Lighter Fluid in the Big Green Egg	Puts the housing market of mid-2005 into the context of the gaming sector expansion of the late 70's, and puts both into the context of properly building a fire
Self-sustaining economies	Short examination into "The Economy of Cities" by Jane Jacobs