by lisetown | Jul 5, 2020 | climate action, COVID-19
Wow, what a crazy time 2020 has been! So many layered crises, layered on smouldering climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of our society and economy, while the events following George Floyd’s murder have further ignited and...
by lisetown | Dec 31, 2019 | climate change adaptation, Featured, renewable energy, sightseeing, Social/personal
I had a desire to experience the desert of southern Morocco, in a way that’s low-impact on the environment and local communities. So, I found a locally owned horseback tour, which truly exceeded my expectations. The horses literally have a small footprint of...
by lisetown | Dec 13, 2019 | Featured, Transportation, urban design
Stepping off the train from Madrid in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a city of 252,000 in the Basque Country, northern Spain, felt like stepping into an alternate universe. The doors of the station opened to a cool December evening. I walked down a wide street lined with...
by lisetown | Dec 7, 2019 | climate action, low carbon buildings, renewable energy, Transportation
Scaling up climate solutions The urgency of acting on climate change is abundantly clear to all – all except a “handful of fanatics that deny the science”, as Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez put it at the opening of the COP 25 conference this week. The effects...
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!...
