by lisetown | Nov 30, 2019 | Featured, sightseeing, Transportation, urban design
Steps toward the car-free city I haven’t posted in a while because, frankly, I’m finding it difficult to make myself sit down and write, or even just stay indoors, in a city with so much going on, especially when it’s sunny and up to 20 degrees out!...
by lisetown | Nov 25, 2019 | ecology, Featured, Transportation, urban design
Modern architecture, transportation and nature Shifting attention from the old to the new, and turning on my “Planner” antennae, Montpellier seems to have achieved a nice balance of density and livability, at least in the neighbourhoods close to the centre. The...
by lisetown | Nov 24, 2019 | climate action, renewable energy
A peek at the industry from a shipping engineer’s perspective I was hosted by friends of my family in the Amsterdam area, including Boudewijn van der Garden, who works for Jumbo Shipping, a heavy-lift shipping company, as the Regional Commercial Manager...
by lisetown | Nov 9, 2019 | climate action, Featured, renewable energy
I visited the Hellisheiði geothermal power plant, to learn more about the climate-friendly system that supplies Reykjavik and surrounding area with hot water as well as power. They are also pioneering a method for capturing CO2 and storing it permanently in the form...
by lisetown | Nov 24, 2019 | sightseeing, Social/personal, Transportation, Travel modes and (mis)adventures
Le centre historique The relative smallness of Europe is somehow surprising. It took only about 5 hours of high-speed (TGV) train travel (plus a 2h layover) to get from Brussels to Montpellier, on the south coast of France. High speed rail seems to me one of the most...
