I invite you to read an article entitled Teaching and Learning in Nearby Nature about my Learning in Nearby Nature course. Abstract How can we engage the tension that environmental degradation and meaningful remediation efforts co-exist in the same space? In this documentary account, I describe a weekend mini-course I developed and taught to support…
This week I’ve been walking along the Ruston Way waterfront and observing how the high tide changes the landscape. A combination of rain and high tides had led to flooding in low lying areas around the Puget Sound. The waterfront parks and beaches have become much narrower or covered in water. Below are photos I…
Waterfront Parks in New York City Waterfront parks are important reminders about how cities rely on water for manufacturing and transport of goods and how ports can facilitate economic development. While I was in New York I visited two waterfront parks, Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Hudson River Park. Both of these parks are mixed-use…