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@lostsubways.com

In a lot of ways, the environmentalism of my parents' generation didn't ask anyone to sacrifice anything. People still drove (but it was a Prius), lived in the burbs (but with a beautiful garden), bought supermarket food (but bought organic). It was an aesthetic choice as much as anything. 🧵

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com

Three great reported essays on the inter generational conflict over housing and active transportation, particularly in Northern California: First, a Berkeley-raised writer’s exploration of his parents’ generation’s complicated feelings about the proposed apartments and the Hopkins bike lane:

nytimes.comA Tale of Paradise, Parking Lots and My Mother’s Berkeley Backyard (Gift Article)Plans to build apartments have sparked a fight between progressive newcomers and nostalgic old-timers — with surprising allegiances in a writer’s hometown.

@lostsubways.com

I grew up around a lot of these types of people. I went to high school in a college town that was famous for an early eco-development with bike paths, solar power, communal gardens, and natural drainage. It's called Village Homes.

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@lostsubways.com

It's an idyllic, beautiful place to live, and I had friends who grew up there. Hell, the streets are Tolkien-themed, with names like Rivendell, Bree, Elendil and Evenstar. The President of France even paid a visit.

@lostsubways.com

But at its core, Village Homes is just a suburban subdivision with a green veneer. It's a great way to cosplay as a Hobbit, but it's actively worse for the planet than living in a steel tower on top of a subway station.

@lostsubways.com

And that's the kind of generational split that we're seeing. For a lot of greying NorCal environmentalists, it's the appearance of green living that matters more than anything else. (After all, what kind of *true* environmentalist lives in the urban jungle?)

cinepost.bsky.social

@cinepost.bsky.social

You can be very urban and very green. www.cnn.com/2023/10/10/s...

cnn.comThere’s an urban farm in Boston growing 6,000 pounds of produce a year. It happens to be located on the roof of Fenway Park | CNNOperated by Green City Growers, Fenway Farms is a roughly 5,000-square-foot rooftop garden area tucked up behind the third baseline at legendary Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox.

@lostsubways.com

If you've spent your whole life going hiking, driving a Prius and having a beautiful garden in the 'burbs, it's horrifying to think that the guy who takes the train and lives in a steel tower is doing a better job of saving the planet than you.

news.berkeley.eduNew interactive map compares carbon footprints of Bay Area neighborhoods - Berkeley NewsData on current carbon emissions will help cities meet goals set at Paris climate summit, and show people how they contribute to global warming.