I dwell in Possibility — A fairer House than Prose — More numerous of Windows — Superior — for Doors — Of Chambers as the Cedars — Impregnable of Eye — And for an Everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky — Of Visitors — the fairest — For Occupation — This — The spreading […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: The benefits of bicycling
BESIDES THE OBVIOUS BENEFITS OF BICYCLING related to fun, health and inexpensive transportation, there is “gold” in those bicycle wheels for a wide sector of the economy. Who knew? I’ve mentioned in past articles that one of the many goals the Community Sustainability Commission has set to work on for 2013-14 is a Bicycle Guide […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: ‘Packing for Mars’
LAST APRIL, WHILE I WAS IN MINNESOTA WITH MY SISTER, my colleague Roger Smith filmed author Mary Roach in conversation with Michael Krasny at Dominican University of California. I just spent last week reading Mary’s book, “Packing for Mars,” which was the focus of the One Book One Marin program for 2013. I love the […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: Clean energy community forum
YEARS AGO I TAUGHT A SERIES of university seminars related to technology and society. My background is 30 years of service in the telecommunications — aka network — industry. A text that I used for many years was Sara Baase’s “A Gift of Fire.” I’m happy to see her book is now in its fourth […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: A few words on water
I KNOW OF TWO HISTORIC HOMES AND, OF COURSE, the Commanding Officer’s Quarters in Benicia that have or once had cisterns to capture and store water. And I know that the owners of one of the homes converted their old cistern into a wine cellar. There must be more historic homes that still have cisterns. […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: The Bicycle Benicia plan
THE GEARS ARE MOVING, and the Bicycle Benicia efforts are in motion. One of the Community Sustainability Commission’s goals for 2014 is a Bicycle Master Plan. Before I launch into Bicycle Benicia, I think it would be helpful to explain the unique nature of the CSC. Most city boards, committees and commission agendas and goals […]