At Long Last, Tel Aviv Approves Affordable Housing Plan
After over two years of study and deliberation, during which time rents have risen dramatically, the city finally has a plan to create affordable housing.
About this blog
I created this blog in 2008 as a platform for expressing ideas and displaying my work to the world. The front page of the site functions as a blog, with new material updated regularly. Think of it as a kind of weekly magazine.
The other pages contain an archive of my work as a writer, blogger and freelance journalist. The Fugee Fridays pages contain information about a volunteer initiative that I coordinate.
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Featured Articles
Out of the Ruins, A More Sustainable Haiti?
Matt Petersen of Global Green, and a handful of other organizations, are working to make sure it happens.
Is Dongtan History – Or the Future?
China's flagship zero-carbon city has thus far failed to materialize. But that doesn't mean it never will, says its planner.
The Lessons of Dubai
The freewheeling development model that it pioneered has effectively been rendered obsolete.
politics of development
Bush is Back That’s right – that familiar goofy face is back from oblivion, calling for aid for Haiti alongside Bill Clinton.
climate change
Copenhagen’s Silver Lining Yes, it was a total disappointment. But the very existence of COP15 has already changed the rules of the game.
documentaries
Resilient City The makers of the film The End of Suburbia are working on a new documentary.
