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Wild parrots in Hiroo
Walking on a small street in Hiroo, in central Tokyo, we heard a strange noise and saw some people staring at a persimmon tree. On closer examination, we saw that there was a flock of wild green parro… more →
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Wild parrots in Hiroo
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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 →
Japan Times: Tokyo's urban design role
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palmsundae wrote 3 weeks ago: The Japan Times published my op-ed article “Tokyo’s urban design role.” My argumen … more →
Edible walls
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palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Edible walls are a new idea alongside green roofs and green walls: maximizing urban space for plants … more →
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 →
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 →
Wayward plants
palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Wayward plants A London art, plants and urbanist organization Waywardplants.org rescues unwan … more →
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 →
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 →
White House bee hive
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palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Michelle Obama has brought beekeeping to the White House, and the New York Times has a lovely three … more →
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 →
FarmVille, an addiction to virtual farming
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palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: Can anyone comment on this recent story about FarmVille? Apparently, Farmville is Facebook’s m … more →
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 →
Public behavior: Tokyo's advantage in building a livable city
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palmsundae wrote 1 month ago: A recent New York Times story about vandalism of Paris’ visionary Velib bike-sharing program h … more →
Zero waste
palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: Interesting New York Times article about how zero waste is moving from fringe to mainstream, includi … more →
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 →
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 →
2016 Olympics Decision on Friday
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palmsundae wrote 2 months ago: On Friday the Olympics committee will announce in Denmark which world city will host the 2016 summer … more →
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 →
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 →
