grace mitchell tada

writer, journalist, editor | environment, design, food @UCBerkeley College of Environmental Design | coeditor of Black Landscapes Matter (UVA Press, 2020)

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A piece I wrote about the challenges of adapting to sea level rise in seismically active cities like San Francisco.

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

The challenges of climate change are everywhere but maybe no more so than in coastal cities that face dual threats of seismic activity and rising seas. https://t.co/Z4UYaRljLc

[American Society of Landscape Architects @NationalASLA]

"Sant’s cast of characters demonstrate the complexity and nuance that go into creating urban change." @grace_tada, ASLA, reviews Alison Sant's new book — From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities, an ASLA #BestBook of 2022. https://t.co/Ypr04ZqjfL

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@healinggarden @soulfirefarm @wildandincolor @LauretSavoy @finneyoutloud @BerondaM @HDHoodDesign @EdmondsonDudley Thank you!

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For the @nytimes, I wrote about a community- and landscape-scale plan​ that​ is underway​ to protect the town from future wildfires:
After Climate-Driven Fires, Finding a Way to Return Home https://t.co/KEiZdloSEB

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@debbieduncan Thank you!

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A piece I wrote about the challenges of adapting to sea level rise in seismically active cities like San Francisco.

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

The challenges of climate change are everywhere but maybe no more so than in coastal cities that face dual threats of seismic activity and rising seas. https://t.co/Z4UYaRljLc

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Designing landscapes to evolve, and time as a landscape element—in a book I reviewed:

[American Society of Landscape Architects @NationalASLA]

"Dynamic Geographies," a new book from Barbara Wilks, FASLA, and her firm @WArch_NewYork, argues that in the era of climate change, dynamic landscapes are required for resilient, healthy urban communities. Read more in THE DIRT: https://t.co/U5xXaIGtHk #landscapearchitecture

[Great Cities @CitiesGreat]

Riveting--disturbing--@grace_tada piece: "In an earthquake over 7.0 in magnitude and with an epicenter within 10 miles of San Francisco, the Embarcadero roadway, which on a typical day hosts around 94,000 vehicle passenger trips, is predicted to split." https://t.co/oSYUVk8GGt

[Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine]

With increasingly big waves along the coast and a rising water table on land, parts of Honolulu, Hawai‘i, have become become accustomed to flooding.

Story by @grace_tada:
https://t.co/cvJrXWJ5pu

[Climate and Health Alliance @healthy_climate]

"The challenges of climate change are everywhere but maybe no more so than in coastal cities that face dual threats of seismic activity and rising seas."
@grace_tada in @nytimes
https://t.co/QmUWzNdSi7

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Yes.

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

I don't usually feel that strongly about internal style guides, but it really seems like "natural gas" should be called "methane gas"?

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A review I wrote of @andres_duany and Brian Falk's book Transect Urbanism, a call for @NewUrbanism and an extended plea against the suburbs:

[American Society of Landscape Architects @NationalASLA]

Transect Urbanism: Readings in Human Ecology imagines a tool that reconciles urbanism and environmentalism. Read more about this fascinating theory https://t.co/AHdGNJy0Cp #ASLA2021 #TheDirt #urbanism #landscapearchitecture #urbanplanning #environmentalism

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For CA folks, a helpful piece examining seasonal dynamics of precipitation--and lack thereof--over time.

[Bay Nature magazine @BayNature]

Although the second dry winter in a row isn't good news for CA, the relationship between rain and wildfire isn't so straightforward as a dry winter = catastrophic fires the following season. 💧

https://t.co/swLGkQPmHv

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It's that desperate time of year when I recommit myself to heliolatry.

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

If Black children are old enough to experience racism, other children are old enough to learn about racism and how to be an antiracist.

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Excellent piece by @ezraklein warning about our inability to profoundly acknowledge and radically act in response to climate change— https://t.co/2TbxKGLcdk

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Important, complicated discussion about cities deciding to not rebuild in disaster-prone areas. But, fails to articulate the risk--liquefaction: something West Coast US cities must too consider.
https://t.co/Hy10R5pAuC

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@alanmitchell47 Is this multiple choice? All of the above or pick just one?

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@alanmitchell47 This popped up on the top of my feed and I thought huh, Alan is being uncharacteristically optimistic, then I saw it was 8 hours old

[Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine]

Rising groundwater in low elevation coastal areas could bring a host of problems, particularly to the infrastructure we bury underground: potable water, sewage, drainage, power, and telecommunications.

A November story by @grace_tada: https://t.co/cvJrXWJ5pu