Blogs of Note: Up In The Valley

Up In The Valley is a photo blog of the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. It focuses on the underside of things, the poor and forgotten among the glitz and prosperity. Yes, The Valley (as it is universally…

Blogs of Note: Granola Shotgun

Attempt at walkable urbanism is an area where walking is an afterthought

Granola Shotgun focuses on housing developments, apartments and condos, and how they occupy and interact with the space they are in. Sometimes the design works, sometimes not. Posts are long, thoughtful, with lots of photos illustrating the concepts and thoughts.…

Wave powered desalination

Swell Actuated Reverse Osmosis System – SAROS

Desalination on a small scale is being testing using a low-cost device powered by ocean waves. It can produce enough water per day to be useful in emergencies or to provide water to small communities, plus it is small and…

U.N. climate change chief. Capitalism must go

U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change

Let’s unpack this slowly. A stated goal of the U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change is to replace capitalism with something else. The quotes below are accurate. Conservatives howl this means the U.N. favors socialism. If only. Socialists should not…