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Solar Electric Power to the People

July 28, 2016 By gmoke Leave a Comment

I like direct action, positive protest that has immediate, practical, social and economic use. That's why I say, Solar IS Civil Defense - light, phone, battery can be supplied by a few square inches of solar electric panel. The solar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: development, economics, emergency preparedness, energy, solar, sustainability

Can’t Solve Transportation Without Addressing Housing

April 27, 2016 By thegreenmiles 64 Comments

Charley already wrote up WBUR's transportation poll, but WBUR did a sidebar story on some non-highway transportation ideas. Reporter Steve Brown talked to State Sen. Tom McGee about his idea to relieve traffic & help people get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: development, environment, housing, smart-growth, transportation, urban-density, urban-sprawl

Boston Olympics as Development Stalking Horse?

January 19, 2015 By gmoke 50 Comments

Went to see Evan Falchuk talk at The Humanist Hub in Harvard Square on Sunday. Wanted to ask him about running a political campaign as a practical, grassroots organizing venture where you leave something active behind whether you win or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: development, Evan Falchuk, olympics, transportation

Toilets, Stoves, and Solar

January 11, 2014 By gmoke 1 Comment

Susan Murcott, Bob Lange, and Richard Komp are three grassroots environmental activists who are changing lives all around the world. Susan is a water researcher whose work on simple water filters has benefitted the lives of hundreds of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Africa, cooking, development, ecology, education, energy, environment, latin-america, sanitation, solar, stoves, water

Sustainable Development and Climate Change: 2 Free Online Courses

January 6, 2014 By gmoke Leave a Comment

I'd like to participate in an ongoing on and off line brainstorm using Buckminster Fuller's World Game design criteria, "How can we make the world work for 100 percent of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, development, ecology, education, energy, environment, Jeffrey Sachs, mit, MOOC, sustainability, world-bank

Solar Christmas Present

December 19, 2013 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Wakawaka (http://us.waka-waka.com) makes a super efficient, sustainable, lightweight, sturdy and compact solar phone charger and lamp. It enables you to charge virtually any type of (smart)phone or small electronic device within just a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: christmas, development, electricity, light, poverty, solar, syria

Outdated Liquor License Laws Are Strangling Our Downtowns

December 17, 2013 By thegreenmiles 25 Comments

Do we want to revitalize downtowns, or do we want to severely restrict people from buying wine with dinner? Thanks to our still-Puritanical liquor license laws here in Massachusetts, opening a new restaurant is a major financial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: development, growth, liquor licenses, smart-growth

Walczak Promises to Ramp Up Boston

June 18, 2013 By massmarrier 5 Comments

Bill Walczak’s true believers are just that. He’s one of the dozen running for mayor of Boston. His supporters (and he) point to his phenomenal, 4-decades-long record of making things happen and even doing the unlikely or seemingly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, campaign, Codman, development, dorchester, education, election, mayor, schools, Walczak

Tough Transit Talk

November 17, 2009 By massmarrier 16 Comments

"The days of highway expansion in Massachusetts are over," declared Aliosi. Now is the time to act and particularly to level the playing field by developing passenger rail and public transit. He ticked off such benefits as sparking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activists, aloisi, deval-patrick, development, funding, highways, mass-transit, massachusetts, mbta, obama, rail, tim-murray

Planning Boston’s Future

June 16, 2009 By sam-yoon 35 Comments

Planning Boston's Future By: Sam Yoon For a city to thrive and grow it needs an economic development and planning strategy that is focused on the future, that seeks out innovative ideas - and acts on them. And as the old proverb goes: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, bra, city, development, planning, sam, yoon

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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When Scott Brown won in January 2010, Alan Khazei told us, “you can’t read too much into it. It’s a special election!”

Bad result but good to keep in mind.

Stephanie Murray@stephanie_murr

Looks like JEFF TURCO wins the race to replace former House Speaker Robert DeLeo in the 19th Suffolk District. JUAN PABLO JARAMILLO comes in second by just under 300 votes.

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Yikes.

Adam Bass@AdamBassWCCS

The idea of a Pro Life Trump supporter winning Suffolk 19 is not out of the ordinary. Winthrop is particular is much more right leaning that Revere. And Revere got severely out voted. When Capobianco had his story, that left you with two progressives. #mapoli

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Jo_ComerfordJo Comerford@Jo_Comerford·
2 Mar

.@CDCgov dir. @RWalensky, once part of MA's #COVID19 advsy board, said

"Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 ... not when we are so close."

But @MassGovernor pushes to reopen.

Who is advising Gov. Baker now?

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JoeCurtatoneJoseph A. Curtatone@JoeCurtatone·
1 Mar

It's time to state outright that Charlie Baker's science advisory team is the Chamber of Commerce. That's why we were slow to act last year, why our public health network got ignored on vaccines & why our reopenings have flown in the face of data, expert advice & common sense. https://twitter.com/MikeConnollyMA/status/1366423893276303364

Mike Connolly@MikeConnollyMA

Just reiterating my COVID philosophy: Instead of bucking advice from the CDC and Dr. Fauci (by further reopening the Mass. economy), we should #TaxTheRich and use the new revenue to provide cash relief to people in need and small businesses while also investing in health equity.

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2 Mar

He’s running

Simón Ríos@simonfrios

Mayor Joe Curtatone announces this is his final year as mayor of Somerville. @WBUR

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