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And it is already begun
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/uk/15-000-species-of-medicinal-plants-face-extinction-1.78647

Well, I see your plan now.
As we continue to obliterate Nature, eventually it will come crashing down on us. So it’s all taken care of. No need to be concerned or change our economics or behavior. The remedy is built in.

Yes they may very well be endangered… but it is probably due to a combination of factors. Habitat reduction due to Human population… gobal climate change if there is such a thing due to Human intervention or just plain Mother Nature…who knows for sure? But plants and animals have always had an endangered list… always. When worldwide human…[Read more]

“Or is fire a natural result of to much fuel?”

By which you mean species… or humans?
At this time, something like 22% of plant species world wide are endangered.
http://www.kew.org/science/plants-at-risk/plants-worldwide.htm
The last time that happened was either the great Ice Age or the event (assuming there was one) that wiped out the…[Read more]

Well yes humans do have an effect, however in order to have a fire you first have to have adaqute fuel and dry weather conditions… does it really matter that man or lightning started the fire? Or is fire a natural result of to much fuel?

Steve,

Your comment about extinction blithely brushes away how human activity has accelerated the extinction rate enormously. It is rather like saying, “Hey, things have been burning down for millenia, whether an arsonist set the fire or not.”

Eastern suburbia does not resemble western suburbia. I think it is much more pleasant. The roads are windy, the terrain is varied, and there is no grid outside of a downtown mini-urban core. Its like being rural with houses in the woods and usually particular roads that are strips of strip malls, box stores, and fast food, but the rest of it is…[Read more]

The Fertilizer runoff in the Gulf is a result of our current Agriculture Policy which started with Earl Butz in the Nixon Administration. Before that time animals and the forage and the feed required to raise them was all produced on the same farm. Today the forage is rasied on one farm the feed is raised on another and the animals on a different…[Read more]

As usual, the notional intent of postings in any of these topics is subject to individual and subjective interpretation. Happens all the time. I offered the observation that these postings are mostly derived from Craigslist as a statement of fact. Sure this is a useful favor to all us here, and should be appreciated. From my humble standpoint, it…[Read more]

Careful what you site… I live in Louisville where Brown vs. Board of Education occurred and I can tell you that public education has suffered terribly as a result of that decision. Anyone who can afford it either has moved out of Louisville or is in private school because getting a good education through the public school system is impossible. I…[Read more]

Seriously? What rock did you crawl out from under? This economy runs on energy. When Oil prices goes sky high the economy is headed for the toilet. That’s a fact Jack! When the economy is already struggling you would have us fall on our sword by raising the price of Oil huh? It is true that the supply of cheap oil is not what it use to be. As the…[Read more]

Author’s views of the future are all interesting, but we have hundreds, if not thousands of people in Land8Lounge alone that are making decision and commitments that will shape their lives. Many are takiing on debt to ensure a better future while adding a lot of burden to it at the same time. Only ideas certain theoretical ideas of where the…[Read more]

Author Douglas Coupland’s take on the future: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-radical-pessimists-guide-to-the-next-10-years/article1750609/singlepage/#articlecontent
Note #9 on what will become of “E.T.style” California suburbs.

Jared,

The references listed are all excellent, however, the best method to gain the skill of grading is to practice and keep practicing. Get your on hands on as many practice vignettes, check out Google LARE Grading section. last time I checked there were plenty of Vignettes to choose from. Remember, Practice, Practice etc…

Andrew,

Good start, definitely needed in these times. i also notice one or two postings were for SAP Architects, Not at all related to Landscape Architects or related profession. so, keep up the good work and check the filter to keep out others who are using Architects in their job posting.

Thanks everybody for the help. It took me a long time but I was able to solve my problem without too many issues. I think I’m finally starting to understand how to design swales. I’m still having problems finding out how far to set my HPS away from the slab but for the most part, no major issues.

Anyways, as far as books go. I found Grade Easy to…[Read more]

My point is not that we should stop alternative energy and that oil is all well and good.

It is simply that there is not a lot of coat tails that will pick up the economy from these projects when they do occur, especially for landscape architecture. I’ve worked on a few wind turbine projects. They have a small footprint on the ground as far as…[Read more]

Thank you for the thread! Much appreciated!

I would look to the materials that were used to build in that region, say, 100, 200, 500 & 1000 years ago. People used to naturally build with the principals of sustainability, ecology and respect for the environment by using the materials that were readily available to them. The forms of their structures were informed by the environment as well…[Read more]

You could look at urban areas as being necessary for the sustainable exploitation of people. No where is the gap between the haves and the have nots more noticible than in urban areas. You have the well to do in their high rise apartments and your poor in their humongous affordable housing complexes or getting their babies shot out of their arms…[Read more]