by Deftspace | Apr 16, 2026 | City Wild, Climate Change, Design, Energy, Health, How to (Re)Build Your City, Infrastructure, Planning, Resilience, Sustainable Home, Uncategorized
Or $8/gal or $15/gal or whatever’s three times what you’re used to paying. What can we do in places built around driving everywhere with fuel that’s suddenly unaffordable? Plenty: Insulate buildings – roofs, walls, windows, doors, floors. Behold the power of...
by Deftspace | Dec 23, 2025 | 30% Wild podcast, Behavior, City Wild, Climate Change, Design, Design X Deficit, Health, How to (Re)Build Your City, ReForest, Resilience, Sustainable Home, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Radical idea: our places can be places for wildlife, too. But radical ideas are just talk without specific actions. Actions like: Cover the basics: shelter, water, food, spots to raise young. For prey *and* predators. Native plants everywhere. Or at least 70%...
by Deftspace | Jul 26, 2023 | City Wild, Climate Change, Design, Design X Deficit, Energy, How to (Re)Build Your City, Infrastructure, Invasives, Planning, Resilience
1) Trees, trees, trees to reverse heat island, create shade, lessen ozone production 2) Shade structures, especially at bus stops and where people walk or gather 3) Green spaces in every neighborhood, for a respite from the heat 4) Schools, public buildings, churches...
