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Estimated reading time: 33 minutes If you’re reading this article, you already know that many of the most common ailments, like colds, sore throats, cuts, burns, indigestion, or headaches, can be treated with wild medicinal plants. The question is, which ones are worth foraging? You don’t want to spend all day searching for a plant…
Secondly – yay for the new BART train cars! Yesterday I made the trek from San Francisco to El Cerrito Del Norte Station (my grandparents’ old station) to see the new “Fleet of the Future”. Although the new train did not move it moved the soul of this here transit advocate and enthusiast. I arrived…
What the garden taught me about resilience, patience, and growth — even in the rain. There’s something deeply humbling about tending a garden during the rainy season. When the sun is out, everything feels easier. The soil is dry and workable, the leaves dance with light, and even the weeds seem polite. But when the…
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img { border: 5px solid #FFFFFF; } Here’s a quick contribution to the #30DayMapChallenge, day 2 ‘Lines’: a quick reproducible example showing how to use the r5r package to estimate cycling, walking and driving routes in R. In this example, we generate the cycling, walking and driving routes from 2 thousand random locations to the…
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BEDFORD, Texas—July 9, 2025—Hort Americas is now offering early access to the Voeks Dose1.0, a fertigation system designed to eliminate the complexity and limitations that come with traditional setups. Built for commercial operations, the Dose1.0 helps growers manage when, where and how much water and nutrients get applied. This is done while reducing waste, improving…
This post was originally published in The Urban Condition by Aushaf Widisto (aka Oswald / Oz), who is an aspiring Urbanist, Writer, and Cultural Researcher based in Melbourne, Australia. It’s a great introduction for urban planning, whether you’re already in the industry or not. “A city is more than a place in space, it is…
Editor’s note: The interview below was conducted as part of the project Urban Palisades: Technology in the Making of Santa Fe, Mexico City, directed by Diana Montaño and David Pretel. Additionally, this interview was carried out in Spanish and previously published at Artefactos. Revista De Estudios Filosóficos Sobre Ciencia Y Tecnología, 13(2), 309–333. By Reynaldo…
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The current Space and Culture editorial team are seeking applications for a new Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editors. Image: Justine Lloyd, Mirvac Banner @Glebe Tramsheds Redevelopment, 2013. Space and Culture, published by SAGE since 2001, was established by its founding editor, Rob Shields in 1996 and published its first issue in February 1997, with Joost van Loon…
Students learn to assess unsafe situations For years, students in Detroit have had to deal with dangerous commutes to school. Calvin Colbert, executive director of Detroit Impact, started a Safe Routes to School program in 1995 in which community members monitored kids on their way to and from school. The program, which succeeded in reducing…
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Starting an organic garden does not have to be expensive. When you grow an organic garden, you can grow a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs all year round. With increasing interest in sustainability and homegrown produce, many individuals are turning to organic gardening in Brisbane as a way to live healthier and reduce grocery…
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