Arbor Day Foundation Benefits of Trees
Benefits of Trees. LINK: https://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm Trees can add value to your home, help cool your home and neighborhood, break the […]
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America’s Social Infrastructure Is Falling Apart – The Atlantic by Eric Klinenberg
Worry Less About Crumbling Roads, More About Crumbling Libraries. Character towns rely on social infrastructure. America’s social infrastructure is falling
The Resilient City. How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster by Vale, Lawrence J. and Thomas J. Campanella
The Resilient City was published over ten years ago. It established a term, coined a phrase and set many cities into
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Small City Main Street’s Potential.
Character towns have small city and town main streets that leverage vision-driven assets for societal benefits. Think of your children’s
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Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel
Implications for Small Cities and Towns. Electricity is the essential infrastructure in America’s economy andsociety. Small cities and towns have it
BOOKS, PROFILES OF PEOPLE TO KNOW
Working, Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro
The book’s focus is on how Mr. Caro does his work. How he engages with people involved in the lives
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The Age of Spiritual Machines, When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is one of our best thinkers about artificial intelligence. The Age of Spiritual Machines, while 20 years old, presents Kurzweil’s
Design of Cities: Revised Edition by Edmund N. Bacon
Character town planning benefits from Mr. Bacon’s work. Design of Cities is the book one should read when starting a career
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“Playing to Win, How Strategy Really Works” by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
Strategy is the game. Michael Porter inspired A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin to write a book about strategy; namely, Playing
The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
William McDonough is the best thinker and doer of our age. His work with Michael Braungart on Cradle to Cradle followed by