Thinking About Environment: Pt. 1

Environment is different from place in that environment is the actual conditions of habitats and the way in which beings inhabit those environments, while place involves the more "constructed" imagining/labeling/beliefs of/about our habitats. These files collect articles on the intersections and politics of both environment and place--in the broadest sense.

“AIA/COTE 2004 Top Ten Green Projects.” American Institute of Architects (AIA) (A yearly report of environmentally sound architectural projects/designs)

21st Century Neighborhoods (Derek Owens’ site—student writings on their neighborhoods)

Beckerman, Gal. “Forward Thinking: So What if the Goyim are Looking? A Jewish Newspaper Lets It All Hang Out.” Columbia Journalism Review (January/February, 2004)

Blanding, Michael. “Greetings From Lockdown City.” Alternet (July 27, 2004)

Bono. “The Biggest News Around.” Alternet (July 27, 2004; originally published in the Boston Globe)

Kunstler, James Howard. “Big and Blue in the U.S.A.” Orion (2003): online at

Lopez, Steve. “Bait Shop Is Small Fry Amid the Sharks.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)

Mead, Andy. “One Side Objects to Timber Harvests; Other Wants More.” Lexington Herald-Leader (July 28, 2004)

Miller, Kenneth. “An Idyll Interrupted.” L.A. Times (August 1, 2004)

Nabhan, Gary. “Listening to the Other: Can a Sense of Place Help the Peace-Making Process?” Orion (May/June 2004)

Solnit, Rebecca. “The Silence of the Lambswool Cardigan.” Alternet (July 21, 2003)

Tucker, Jessica. “Fables From Finland: Pt. 1.” Vibewire (March 19, 2004)

---. “Fables From Finland, Pt. 2.” Vibewire (August 6, 2004)

Truman, Cheryl. “City Focus Should Be On Porn District.” Lexington Herald-Leader (July 28, 2004: Column)

“Wal-Mart Syndrome.” Lexington Herald-Leader (July 28, 2004: Editorial)

Walker, Childs. “In the Fight of Their Lives: Several current and former firefighters who trained at a Millersville facility in the '70s and '80s believe the cause of their cancer lies in chemicals used there.” Baltimore Sun (August 1, 2004)

The Working Waterfront (Community Newspaper for Maine Waterfronts)


Films:

Dogtown and Z-Boys. Directed by Stacey Peralta. Columbia Tristar, 2001.