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What to look for in sustainability degrees and training programs, Part 1
Sustainability credentials are in high demand. But which programs are right for you? The sustainability job market is growing faster than...
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D. Pataki
- Aug 8
- 8 min
5 steps for turning climate anxiety into meaningful action
Climate despair is exhausting us all. But there is a cure.
D. Pataki
- Aug 2
- 3 min
Your local City Hall is the most important climate battleground of 2023
If you haven't thought much about local zoning and land use issues, the time to do so is definitely now.
D. Pataki
- Jan 11, 2022
- 2 min
New paper highlight: Plant recorders of environmental injustice
Vehicle emissions from high traffic roads are recorded in roadside weeds - and show how traffic pollution is inequitably distributed
D. Pataki
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
New paper highlight: Integrating nature-based, social, and technical climate change solutions
Greening programs alone will not be enough to cope with climate change
D. Pataki
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
New paper highlight: Ethical experiments in urban greening
Are scientists responsible for the negative impacts of green infrastructure projects?
D. Pataki
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
This blog is moving to the hottest and driest major city in America
By some measures, anyway. I've written several posts about greenspace-based solutions for urban heat and water scarcity, and I've visited...
D. Pataki
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
The need for an ethical code for water
For the last 18 months an intrepid and international group of urbanists, activists, and researchers has been meeting regularly to the...
D. Pataki
- Aug 17, 2020
- 5 min
COVID-19 and the return of the sanitary city
Outbreaks of disease in the19th and early 20th century shaped the design of modern cities and parks.
D. Pataki
- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
Urban greening highlights from the Ecological Society of America
Many new advances in greening science made their debut at the 2020 ESA annual meeting.
D. Pataki
- Jul 30, 2020
- 6 min
Unlocking greening science through the study of “cultigens”
Lawn grasses, tree cultivars, and other ornamental plant "cultigens" are what most urban greenspace is made of.
D. Pataki
- Jul 24, 2020
- 6 min
What's the role of ornamental and cultivated garden plants in cities?
The ecology of plants that have been hybridized or bred is far less studied than “naturally” occurring species.
D. Pataki
- Apr 16, 2020
- 4 min
Earthquakes, pandemics, and cherry blossoms in Salt Lake City, Utah
I started this blog to chronicle urban greening issues around the world and made it as far as Australia before the pandemic crisis struck.
D. Pataki
- Mar 9, 2020
- 4 min
Life past the tipping point in Western Sydney
For one day during the bushfires, Penrith, NSW was declared the hottest place on the planet.
D. Pataki
- Feb 25, 2020
- 4 min
When greening doesn't deliver: The case of trees and air quality
Greening isn't always the most effective solution to pressing urban problems. But that doesn't mean the problems can't be solved.
D. Pataki
- Feb 5, 2020
- 4 min
Is green infrastructure still experimental?
Does the call for more experimentation mean that green infrastructure still needs more testing than grey infrastructure?
D. Pataki
- Jan 29, 2020
- 4 min
Why are U.S. cities still irrigating with drinking water?
After the Millennium drought, Australian cities found other ways to irrigate parks, gardens, and landscapes, and so can we.
D. Pataki
- Jan 20, 2020
- 4 min
Greener and denser cities - The Australian School of Urban Forestry, Part II
With more high density and mixed-used buildings crowded into urban areas, where will all the trees go?
D. Pataki
- Jan 10, 2020
- 4 min
Trees that answer fan mail and other tales from the Australian School of Urban Forestry, Part I
You don't just need expertise or experience to be an effective steward of urban trees. You need a network.
D. Pataki
- Jan 5, 2020
- 4 min
People want action on rising temperatures in Australian cities. Can urban trees help?
The catastrophic bushfires are a terrible reminder that adapting to climate change won't be enough. Here's how urban trees can help
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