by Gary Chandler | Apr 5, 2021 | Rooftop Gardens, Urban Agriculture
Cities Must Evolve As Footprints Expand Land use is one of the most important issues facing a growing global population. Cities are gobbling up farmland for development. Many farms are being relocated to the rainforests of the world. Rainforest destruction for food...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 22, 2021 | Local Government, State Government
Greener Cities Are More Competitive, Efficient, Responsible The battle for sustainability will be won or lost in our cities. It’s where the majority of the global population lives, works and consumes. Recognizing and sharing best practices can help expedite the...
by Gary Chandler | Feb 17, 2021 | State Government
USPS Burns Millions Of Gallons Of Fuel Per Day By U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-California) The United States Postal Service, our reeling economy and our warming planet all need saving — and we have a unique opportunity to make progress on all three at the same...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 12, 2021 | Climate Change
Greener Cities Are Healthier Cities The global response to the Covid-19 pandemic is barely making a dent in the continued rise in atmospheric concentrations of CO2. Carbon emissions have fallen dramatically due to lockdowns that have cut transport and industry...
by Gary Chandler | Dec 6, 2020 | Green Building, Rooftop Gardens
Greenery Promotes Efficiency, Resiliency and Public Health Cities are home to about 50 percent of the world’s population, but they generate 80 percent of our planet’s greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming and climate change. To reverse the...
by Gary Chandler | Nov 13, 2020 | Climate Change
Cities, Population Growth Displacing Agriculture Degraded lands are the center of much attention as global demands for food, feed and fuel continue to increase at unprecedented rates. Meanwhile, the agricultural land base needed for food production is shrinking in...
by Gary Chandler | Oct 26, 2020 | Climate Change, State Government
Free-Market Forces Support Transition To Alternative Energy Climate change was a hot topic during the last presidential debate. Trump spewed hot air about clean air and clean water, despite his policies to gut protections for dwindling natural resources. Meanwhile,...
by Gary Chandler | Sep 21, 2020 | Climate Change, State Government
Drought, Wildfires, Power Outages, Air Pollution and a Pandemic Climate change has already cost states like California billions of dollars in damage to agricultural, tourism, recreation, and other industries. It’s also claiming human lives. It’s impossible to escape...
by Gary Chandler | Aug 21, 2020 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Sewage Also A Pathway That Demands New Risk Assessments Scientists are unraveling mysteries surrounding the coronavirus every day. One of the most unusual discoveries deserves further inspection because it represents a double-edged sword in the battle against the...
by Gary Chandler | Jul 9, 2020 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Risk Assessments Ignore Prion Disease The United States produces about 33 billion gallons of wastewater every day. Meanwhile, agriculture uses about 128 billion gallons of water every day. The government hopes to close the gap with municipal wastewater reuse and by...
