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Wild parrots in Hiroo3 comments

palmsundae wrote 1 day ago: Walking on a small street in Hiroo, in central Tokyo, we heard a strange noise and saw some people s … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, Community, small streets, Trees, urban food, Walking and transit, Bird, bird-watcher, city

Japan Times: Tokyo's urban design role2 comments

palmsundae wrote 3 weeks ago: The Japan Times published my op-ed article “Tokyo’s urban design role.” My argumen … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, Community, Corporations, Culture, Fellowship, Garden diplomacy, Governments, Visionary, achievement

Edible walls1 comment

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Edible walls are a new idea alongside green roofs and green walls: maximizing urban space for plants … more →

Tags: Visionary, urban food, Los Angeles, Wall, Europe, Cucumber, watermelon, maximize, Soil

Dead space by design III: Furukawa river buried by a freeway

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: On my way to Temple University, I passed the Sannohashi bridge, and realized that the river was almo … more →

Tags: Public Space, Résidences, tmg, BRIDGE, Bureau of Construction, cheonggyecheon, dead, Design, edo

Exotic palm trees in Shimokitazawa

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: On the north side of Shimokitazawa, there is a Hawaiian restaurant with palm trees that are unusual … more →

Tags: Trees, small streets, Small Business, Public Space, San Francisco, Brazil, Climate, water, Wood

Wayward plants

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago:   Wayward plants A London art, plants and urbanist organization Waywardplants.org rescues unwan … more →

Tags: Culture, gardening, city, Compost, Chicago, walking, Art, recycling, pecha kucha

The Cutting Garden at Flora Grubb Gardens

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: One of my favorite nurseries anywhere, Flora Grubb Gardens in San Francisco, just announced the open … more →

Tags: Small Business, Flower, Plants, Flora Grubb Gardens, Fruit, Bouquet, Fall, Palm, cutting garden

A visitor's view of "pure living" in Tokyo

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: An interesting blog post about Tokyo’s environmental paradoxes by Piers Fawkes of PSFK, organi … more →

Tags: Corporations, waste, Energy, modern, efficiency, PSFK, Nissan, Resource, pure living

White House bee hive1 comment

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Michelle Obama has brought beekeeping to the White House, and the New York Times has a lovely three … more →

Tags: Governments, Food, Agriculture, Ecology, Urban, Season, obama, White House, Children

Adopt a San Francisco street tree for Christmas program

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: The City of San Francisco has created a cool program encouraging people to adopt at San Francisco st … more →

Tags: Governments, Trees, Visionary, adopt, adoptive, benefit, Christmas, Family, forest

FarmVille, an addiction to virtual farming2 comments

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Can anyone comment on this recent story about FarmVille? Apparently, Farmville is Facebook’s m … more →

Tags: Culture, addict, Animal, care, Crop, facebook, farm, Farmer, Game

Stop Big Ag in the White House - Say No to Monsanto and CropLife

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Food Democracy Now is organizing an online petition to stop Obama and Congress from nominating and a … more →

Tags: Corporations, Food, Agriculture, Environment, Global, united states, Pesticide, obama, White House

Public behavior: Tokyo's advantage in building a livable city2 comments

palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: A recent New York Times story about vandalism of Paris’ visionary Velib bike-sharing program h … more →

Tags: Community, Culture, livable, city, Garden, respect, Public, care, climate change

Zero waste

palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: Interesting New York Times article about how zero waste is moving from fringe to mainstream, includi … more →

Tags: Corporations, Visionary, waste, Compost, recycle, garbage, Gas, Climate, landfill

Diane Durston talks about Old Kyoto and Portland

palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: Diane Durston will be speaking on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at the International House of Japan. H … more →

Tags: Culture, Garden diplomacy, Art, Garden, kyoto, Craft, Education, Donald Richie, Portland Japanese Garden

Benefits of compact, car-free cities

palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: Tokyo Green Space examines the ecological and human benefit of reimagining cities with a focus on pe … more →

Tags: Community, small streets, Visionary, Walking and transit, city, Nature, walking, Environment, wildlife

2016 Olympics Decision on Friday1 comment

palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: On Friday the Olympics committee will announce in Denmark which world city will host the 2016 summer … more →

Tags: Walking and transit, 2016, BiD, change, Chicago, Compete, Criteria, Host, ishihara

Reclaiming streets beyond pedestrian heaven

palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: For mature cities, creating green cities involves reclaiming unused and under-used spaces in crowded … more →

Tags: Trees, Community, Governments, small streets, Walking and transit, imperial palace, Pedestrian, Public Space, San Francisco

Harvard switches to organic landscaping

palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: I was proud to see a recent New York Times article about Harvard making its landscaping organic. Des … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, Compost, organic, Public, landscape, Design, Space, Pesticide, architect


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