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 | Feb 4, 2026 | 30% Wild podcast, City Wild, Design X Deficit, Health, Infrastructure, Invasives, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Ask yourself: are you afraid of sharks? Who isn’t?Everybody knows sharks are savage bloodthirsty killers, the scariest animal in the ocean by far, the stuff of nightmares. Right? But how about this: *where* are you afraid of sharks?You can rate your shark fear/phobia...
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...
by Deftspace | Apr 17, 2023 | City Wild, Design X Deficit, Infrastructure, Public Art, Ruins, Shrinking Cities, Video
A video I’ve lovingly entitled, “Handful of Junk.” Making art from found objects is all about where you find the objects. Neglected places make good hunting grounds.
by Deftspace | Jun 24, 2020 | #pandemic, City Wild, Infrastructure
Seeing a lot of talk about whether temporary bike and pedestrian lanes like this will last. Is it a new day for bikes on the American street? No. People want desperately to go back to pre-pandemic normal, and “normal” is not having half your street blocked off...
by Deftspace | Apr 1, 2020 | #pandemic, City Wild, Climate Change, Energy, Infrastructure
A normally busy state highway near my house (author photo). Stop. Listen. Wherever you are right now, can you hear traffic noise? While we wait for science to save us from COVID-19, I’m killing some time walking (alone) on a quiet street. All the streets are...
