The following is a guest post by LandChoices’ friend Jordan Mercedes: It’s not safe to care, but it’s good to care. Caring makes you walk on the edge of something burning strongly in your heart…and jump! It’s scary to stand up when everyone else sits down. If we’re going to make a difference to save [...]
Enjoy our new short two minute test drive video through natural neighborhoods, aka conservation subdivisions. Less-wide, safer streets and swales instead of curb and gutter reduce stormwater run off pollution. Large swaths of preserved land and natural landscaping filters stormwater, protects wildlife, groundwater, natural areas, and working farmland. Please share this video with your local [...]
The following is a guest post: April 22nd will mark the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day and with a new anniversary comes a new meaning of Earth Day. Started in 1970, Earth Day was originally conceived as a day in which the people of the world could come together and educate themselves about the needs [...]
I’ve been studying the fantastic book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The book is helping all of us at LandChoices clarify our goal of taking conservation subdivisions nationwide. The book teaches the importance of breaking our somewhat ambiguous goal into very doable and easy to [...]
I’m excited to read the new book, Envisioning Better Communities (PDF), by noted planner Randall Arendt. (Full disclosure: Randall Arendt is a dedicated member of LandChoices. I am a big fan.) I have not received the book yet so I have not had a chance to read it, but want to share the following information I located on [...]
