Right-sizing Our Homes
From food and beverage portions to vehicles, we’re a nation with a penchant for super-sizing. Our homes have succumbed to this trend – with the average new home size growing from 983 square feet...
Category: Ecological Values
Time Out: Why Kids Need More–Not Less–Recess
Imagine yourself in a workplace, doing a 6.5-hour shift in a room with upwards of 20 other workers. The windows are rarely opened and the HVAC system is subpar. You must ask your supervisor’s...
Places of Paradox: the Lure of Maine Islands
Before the sun rises over a neighboring island, a translucent plum of moon slips into clouds tinged pink with the approaching day. The full moon has drawn the tide to an astronomical low, revealing...
Create a Thriving Backyard Community
See your yard as habitat, not lawn. Landscape planners encourage us to visualize the area around our homes in terms of rooms that act as external living spaces. If we extend this idea, going...
Getting a Grip on Climate Change
A recent UN climate change report and a National Climate Assessment did garner headlines, but no Maine media covered a related paper from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) entitled What...
The True Cost of Plastic
When we buy takeout food, we know we’re paying a price for convenience – trading extra money for the time we save. What we pay at the register, though, does not begin to account...
