“The moon marks time in a way that is forever escaping the clock and the calendar, and there, we find another beautiful place to rest our attention.” https://t.co/HdSTTqYipy
Boston's “Emerald Tutu,” proposed by @Northeastern Prof. Julia Hopkins, would be a system of interconnected circular mats of floating vegetation that can be arranged in rings and semicircles to protect urban coasts from sea level rise & intensified storms.
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"I'm not doing this for myself. I'm doing this for the next generations," says David Vanderhoop, an Aquinnah #Wampanoag elder.
On #MarthasVineyard, tribal elders work to restore land to its pre-colonial state.
@evezuckoff has the story.
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Fixing The T Is Not Enough. We Need A Massive Expansion
“I really believe we’re at an inflection point where we shift to mass transit in this country, not because we want to but because we have to.”
@BostonGlobe@dscharfGlobe
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"To meet the times we are in, cities must support outstanding public spaces and places. Investments in parks, libraries, community centers, transportation options, and room for people to walk, bike, and get around without cars, is how this works."
For 3+ years, we've been writing The #ClimateOptimist, our newsletter sharing timely stories about climate action with a large dose of cheekiness and tips for how readers can help. Here's what we've learned: 🧵
Media bias creates filters for evaluating events based on a set of predefined human values of how society should work. There are countless worthy filters to slide between ourselves and the world. Biases in general are shortcuts to help us process information — we use plenty.
On the 400th anniversary of what is called the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ I want to highlight a project that has changed my and many other Wampanoag people’s lives
Here’s a 🧵 on how a Wampanoag woman, jessie little doe baird, brought our language back from near extinction (1/25):
Michelle Wu, who entered public service out of frustration with the obstacles that her immigrant family faced, will be the next mayor of Boston. The city has been led by an unbroken string of Irish American or Italian American men since the 1930s. https://t.co/MVL3bE0F0C