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I write about sustainable development, architecture and design, wildlife conservation, environment, science, travel, art, business, and more.

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Eat, drink, and be present: Restaurants and bars are starting to embrace cell phone bans

Eat, drink, and be present: Restaurants and bars are starting to embrace cell phone bans

A new trend in dining has one rule for customers: Don't you dare look at your phone.

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This New California Community Asks Homeowners to Sign a Pledge of Kindness

This New California Community Asks Homeowners to Sign a Pledge of Kindness

At Silverwood in Southern California, homeowners sign a pledge of kindness to buy in. But can a written agree…

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Why Disney Is Building Affordable Housing

Why Disney Is Building Affordable Housing

The entertainment behemoth is set to break ground on a 1,400-unit mixed-income development near Orlando, Flor…

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America's "First Car-Free Neighborhood" Is Going Pretty Good, Actually?

America's "First Car-Free Neighborhood" Is Going Pretty Good, Actually?

Since breaking ground in 2021, Culdesac Tempe has had its share of detractors and skeptics. But none of them …

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The ADU Boom Has Begun. Is It Adding the Housing We Need?

The ADU Boom Has Begun. Is It Adding the Housing We Need?

Experts say affordable housing must come in many forms. But early signs show backyard homes-a win for landown…

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This new Phoenix development could be a model for extremely affordable senior housing

This new Phoenix development could be a model for extremely affordable senior housing

Made of repurposed shipping containers and completely off the grid, it's an effort to provide fast, affordabl…

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Wildlife and Humans are Feeling the Heat of Texas Wildfires

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By Ben Ikenson Verified
| Texas Parks And Wildlife Magazine Verified
A friendly, sunshine-faced songbird and a small toad that loves to sing loudly all night seem unaware of the threats that face their species. The actions we take to save them could save another species as well ... humans. These two species — the golden-cheeked warbler and the Houston toad — make their homes on either side of the Balcones Escarpment, the surface expression of a fissure in the Earth’s crust formed 300 million years ago.
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Restaurantes começam a proibir celulares para incentivar conversas à mesa

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By Ben Ikenson Verified
| fastcompanybrasil.com
Imagine-se sentado com amigos diante de uma tábua de frios e uma garrafa de vinho em um bistrô francês. Se você pegar o celular, um garçom sopra um apito como o do árbitro de esportes, mostra um “cartão de penalidade” e avisa que uma segunda infração pode resultar em expulsão do restaurante. Esse tipo de fiscalização de gafes sociais é rotina no Le Petit Jardin, em Montpellier, no sul da França, que implementou uma rígida política de “proibido usar o celular” em 2017.
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Eat, drink, and be present: Restaurants and bars are starting to embrace cell phone bans

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By Ben Ikenson Verified, Morgan Clendaniel Verified
| Fast Company Verified
Imagine sitting with friends in front of a charcuterie board and a bottle of Syrah at a French bistro. If you reach for your smartphone, a waiter blows a referee’s whistle, issues you a “penalty card,” and tells you a second infraction will get you eighty-sixed. Such faux-pas enforcement is routine at Le Petit Jardin in Montpellier in southern France, which implemented a strict “no-phone use” policy in 2017.
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