A Quote to Live By
“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep…I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if [...]
Op Ed: “We May Be Slow, but We’re Not Stupid”
From a recent Op Ed piece in the New York Times, by Thomas L. Friedman “The Earth is Full” You really do have to wonder whether a few years from now we’ll look back at the first decade of the 21st century — when food prices spiked, energy prices soared, world population surged, tornados plowed [...]
Eco-Architecture
According to the Huffington Post, a new eco-city in China is in the works. Expected to be inhabitable in 2020, this city would boast a 350,000 resident occupancy spanning 30 sq. km, an advanced transit system and the most innovative green technologies in the world. Solar-panels and extensive expanses of greenery would be the norm [...]
No Fracking Way
Featuring the fabulous poetry of our very own Laura Kay Smith. Frack is whack, y’all.
The Vassar Greens, Spring 2011