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...
I visited the UK, primarily to meet family and experience the place of (some of) my ancestors. I did also manage to delve into some renewable energy topics a little (more on that in another post). Perhaps like many Canadians, I don't have much connection with my...
Did you know that the famously stark landscape of Iceland was once mostly forested? I went for a drive on my first day here and my Pacific coast ecologist mind was puzzling over the lack of trees. Are the soils are too thin? The climate too harsh? In fact, it was the...