Mama Life + Mobility
My entry point into beginning to really think about and experience issues of spatial equity and mobility justice was when I became a mother and began navigatingContinue Reading
Reading Insights from the Week
Rounding off the week, sharing some of the diverse mix of reading I completed the past couple of days. 📰 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY & THE COMMON GOOD IContinue Reading
Book: The 15-Minute City
‘The 15-Minute City A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet’ by Carlos Moreno (Wiley) – soon to be extensively underlined, highlighted and of course referenced in my upcomingContinue Reading
Transdisciplinary Roots of the Work
When I say that I like and value working in a multidisciplinary way (in my own work and with that characteristic in collaborations), I am not sayingContinue Reading
Hawai’i Island Food Memories
2024 was the year I decided to commit my interest in food, local food systems, resilience and communities to action. As with the issue of walkability, theContinue Reading
Walkability, Urban Access & Rural Village Life
14 years ago my husband and I were settling into a very small Bavarian village (approximately 5000 inhabitants) in Germany. I didn’t know the term ‘Walkability’ backContinue Reading
How long is the metro ride to the neighborhood?
The note pictured below reads ‘How long is the metro ride to the neighborhood? 5-10 minute ride?’ I wrote this note at the EYL40 European Young LeadersContinue Reading
5-Minute Neighborhood to 15-Minute City Realities
This evening I walked with my daughter, for less than 60 seconds to where we (perhaps fortuitously) found her excellent thrice-per-week extracurricular activities. After dropping her off,Continue Reading
An ‘Ecology of Proximity’
I am busy with my nose in stacks and stacks of books and papers this month My literature review for my dissertation papers spanned years and includesContinue Reading
Streets as Daily Stage
Dark winter days are upon us here in Warsaw which fits the introverted phase of organization and analysis of fieldwork data I am moving into as wellContinue Reading