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How to Use an Urban River #5 – A Heron Yogi
Along the river in Daejeon, Korea, a heron teaches us a thing or two about life ... and yoga.
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How To Use an Urban River #3 — Mugwort Flows Through Generations
At a hidden riverside spring in Korea, a grandmother and granddaughter pass down an ancient tradition — and transform it into something new.
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Summoning Sacred Nature to the City
If you see an odd person with a basket on their head and a bamboo flute in their hands, you might have happened upon a flute-playing assassin-monk…
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Hokusai, Oi, and the Ecological Mega-City
For development to be useful and sane, it must be tethered to the reality of our place in nature and the cosmos.
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Mojiko and Kokura: Finding Your Inner Garden with Tsuboniwa
Morning in the guest house is quiet enough to hear the ocean wind several blocks away as it rushes between the buildings and into the flat expanse of…
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The City of Dangsan Namu: An Introduction
There is a link between how we see a tree, and how sustainable a city can be
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Reasonable Urbanism: Water Brings Life to Old Places in a Japanese Canal Town
During a few short days in Ukiha, I walk a lot.
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Reasonable Urbanism: Beauty and the Mountains of the City
Today the reasonable urbanism series continues with a trip to the urban mountains.
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Reasonable Urbanism: Big Parks That Embrace the City
Our reasonable urbanism recipe book starts today, at Ōhori Park (大濠公園) in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Reasonable Urbanism: A Ferry to Japan
Yesterday the winds were wailing, and the waves rolled me off my futon at least once during the night.
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SHORT #34: More Reasons to Bicycle
Last time I mentioned that there are many many more reasons to ride a bicycle.
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SHORT #20: What if Cities Hired Goats?
This week, a simple ‘what if’ scenario…
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