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Ecology
03.25.13: James Barilla
My Backyard JungleOn Places, James Barilla writes about the process of turning his backyard in Columbia, South Carolina, into certified wildlife habitat.
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02.07.13: Armando Carbonell
Nowhere and Everywhere: The Landscape of the Colorado DeltaOn Places, planner Armando Carbonell explores, in aerial photographs, the fragile yet resilient landscapes of the Colorado River Delta.
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10.25.12: Terry Evans & Alan Thomas
HeartlandOn Places, a portfolio by photographer Terry Evans documents the "disturbed, cultivated, militarized" landscapes of her native American Midwest; with commentary by Alan Thomas.
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10.17.12: David Bacher
Far NorthOn Places, photographer David Bacher documents the semi-nomadic Laevas Sami community of northern Scandinavia, which now moves fluidly between tradition and modernity.
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09.04.12: James Barilla
The Vernacular of DisasterOn Places, in the midst of storm season, James Barilla explores the links between place, weather and disaster, and the increasingly global language of environmental catastrophe.
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04.26.12: Mark Feldman
Visualizing the Ends of OilOn Places, Mark Feldman looks closely at how the photographers Edward Burtynsky and Chris Jordan have each struggled to visualize and critique the effects of our dependence on oil.
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04.02.12: Adelheid Fischer
Shaking Hands with a SlothOn Places, Adelheid Fischer examines the links between biomimicry and design education, and argues that "the very act of looking to nature is conducive to creativity."
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09.22.11: Laura Tepper
Road Ecology: Wildlife Habitat and Highway DesignOn Places, Laura Tepper looks at the emerging field of road ecology and its influence on a new generation of highway landscape design.
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08.22.11: Barry Lopez
Dixon MarshOn Places, a short story by Barry Lopez set in the Petersen Mountains on the Nevada-California border.
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06.09.11: Adelheid Fischer
A Home Before the End of the WorldOn Places, Adelheid Fischer explores our startling ignorance of the natural world — and wonders whether this is enabling the degradation of the environment.
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04.20.11: Radek Skrivanek
The Dying SeaOn Places, a portfolio of photographs by Radek Skrivanek, documenting the death of the Aral Sea.
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04.18.11: Timothy Beatley
Blue Urbanism: The City and the OceanOn Places, planning professor Tim Beatley makes a case for blue urbanism — a new planning focus on how the design of cities affects the health of the planet's oceans.
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03.21.11: Kristi Dykema Cheramie
The Scale of Nature: Modeling the Mississippi RiverOn Places, Kristi Dykema Cheramie explores the ruins of the abandoned Mississippi River Basin Model and ponders the decades-long battle to control the great river.
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01.24.11: Karen Piper
Dreams, Dust and Birds: The Trashing of Owens LakeOn Places, Karen Piper narrates the latest chapter in one California's longest water wars: Los Angeles' efforts to undo the environmental damage done to Owens Lake, decades after its waters were diverted to supply the thirsty metropolis.
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10.04.10: William W. Braham
The Temptations of Survivalism, or, What do you do with your waste?On Places, architect William Braham explores the promise — and the illusions — of sustainable self-sufficiency in environmental design.
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09.09.10: Elizabeth Mossop and Jeffrey Carney
In the Mississippi Delta: Building with WaterOn Places, Elizabeth Mossop and Jeffrey Carney report on the work of the Coastal Sustainability Studio at Louisiana State University, which is proposing long-range solutions to the environmental and social challenges of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
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04.08.10: Mimi Zeiger
Two Feet High and Rising: On Optimism, Speculation and OystersOn Places, Mimi Zeiger reviews MoMA's ambitious new architecture and urban design show, Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront, which explores how New York Harbor might be adapted in the face of rising sea levels.
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10.17.09: Charlie Cannon
Partly SunnyPartly Sunny — an exhibition curated and produced at the Rhode Island School of Design — showcases three dozen projects and programs that are successfully confronting the challenges of climate change.
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09.26.09: William W. Braham
How Much Does Your Household Weigh?How much does your household weigh? Architect William Braham explores the unfolding complexities of sustainable design.
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09.12.09: Chris Reed
The Infrastructural CityLos Angeles depends upon vast infrastructural systems that are breathtakingly powerful, yet vulnerable to disruption, even disaster. Landscape architect Chris Reed reviews The Infrastructural City.
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09.04.09: Andrew Blum
Metaphor Remediation: A New Ecology for the CityCities are the new frontiers green living, and Andrew Blum argues that we need to revise the old metaphors: will Half Dome give way to the high-rise as the new emblem of environmentalism?
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08.05.09: Nina-Marie Lister
Water/FrontEcological planner Nina-Marie Lister explores innovative ways to regenerate urban waterfronts.
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10.15.08: Guy Nordenson, Catherine Seavitt & Adam Yarinsky
On the Water: The New York/New Jersey HarborAs the planet warms, rising seas will endanger coastal communities around the world. Engineer Guy Nordenson proposes a bold plan to protect New York City.
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