rabac

Landscape architecture/urban design & public health/global health intersections, based in the Pacific Northwest & the Peruvian Amazon. she/her

[rabac @rabac14]

Today I read top stories about four different landscape-based disasters (PFAS, Yellowstone River floods, severe heat waves, wildfires).
They all stem from colonial/industrial systems designed to f people over.
But why is design almost never a part of the story and/or solution?

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https://t.co/Hnfa4o5gzI

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A canalização dos rios que convergem no centro de Petrópolis impossibilita que o sistema fluvial encha com a chuva que moldou esse local. Essa drenagem é uma questão de saúde pública.

#Petropolis #ecologicaldesign #landscapearchitecture #drenagem #RiodeJaneiro #mapping #floods

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https://t.co/RSLAr7FedI

What about hundreds of years of fire suppression and other anthropogenic change in this fire adapted ecosystem?? The term "wildfire" takes away human responsibility. This situation was designed. #coloradofire #bigsur #Wildfires

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https://t.co/nEglYzlBDC

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anyone else embarrassed that the US is one of the only countries in the world with full capacity stands despite lower vax rates and higher covid transmission than many other countries hosting @FIFAWorldCup qualifier games??? #FIFA22

[IfNotNow🔥✡️ @IfNotNowOrg]

Shabbat Shalom to those who have been fighting apartheid for decades, to those who’ve been fighting apartheid for years, and for those who just joined the fight.

May all Palestinians and all Israelis be seen in their full humanity and be treated equally in our lifetimes.

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~it's all connected~
https://t.co/jRfwSuzOCv

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Flooding in urban areas of Peru, Angola, Congo, DR Congo & Australia on #worldwaterday remind us of the landscape's role in water related health. Place-based urban #stormwater mgmt is ESSENTIAL to #UNSDG no. 6: clean water & sanitation
#watertome
#landscapearchitecture
@SDGoals

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digging the data visualization technique of this global vaccine tracker (tho not the findings so far, OBV) https://t.co/wXt4YOGFWn

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"Catastrophic moral failure" - @DrTedros on global vaccine distribution at #CUGH2021 last weekend. He urged us to read & consider signing WHO’s Vaccine Equity Declaration https://t.co/15ziyNTJve

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This modern act of the age-old colonial practice of stealing Indigenous land for profit must be taken in sociopolitical historical context. It's green lighted by global systems of white entitlement. Holding FB accountable isn’t enough #amazonrainforest https://t.co/RtnsNG32FJ

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#LandscapeArchitects are trained in layered disciplines& many care about health equity implications of design. When policymakers restore& increase funding for orgs like @EPA @WHO @CDCgov @USAID & @NIH they make space for collabs that improve equity & resilience locally & globally

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Today at #CUGHHillDay I had the privilege of meeting w offices of @RepRickLarsen @SenatorCantwell @PattyMurray @RepSchrader @SenJeffMerkley & @RonWyden & gave a spiel about the importance of funding ops for interdisciplinary collab between built environment designers & scientists

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Both revolted and glad that I now have proof that my #ITMFA hat is still entirely relevant. #ITMFAA

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white supremacy = white INSECURITY. In moments like these that I can't stop thinking about word choice suggestions such as this.

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#BreonnaTaylor's murderers just got off! Shame on @kyoag & @louisvillemayor who failed Bre.

#JusticeforBre means divesting from the system that savagely took her life. @CouncilmanJames must take action immediately to divest from the LMPD and invest in communities.