These are the things that my generation will joke about when we’re 30, 40, 50 years old, and beyond. Looking back on these things, it looks like technology and sexual liberalism will be the hallmarks of Generation Y. Which is fitting, I guess […]
We are becoming a service economy, which means that a lot of Generation Y is going to end up working in the so-called ’service sector’. A lot of people balk at this, because they immediately leap to everyone working at McDonald’s or whatever, but the truth of it is that the service sector includes a whole whack of occupations and different styles of work […]
In the public eye, the first and foremost of the original 1970’s “4 R’s” has been lost, and we are now seeing more of the “3 R’s”: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Was it for the sake of consumerism, that the Refuse part was dropped? […]
From a young age, most Millennials have been told they need to be “well-rounded.” College admission boards wants students who can “do-it-all,” so children are being pushed at younger and younger ages into soccer teams, ballet lessons, foreign-language classes and more with rarely a thought as to whether a child really enjoys the activity or not […]
The biggest selling point about NYC is that it is so diverse. Let me tell you something, my neighborhood was all black. Next door all Jewish. A few blocks up, all Hispanic. We didn’t hang out and we didn’t play nice. It was an antagonizing experience […]
Parents are doing a disservice to their children by telling them they can be anything they want to be without adding in ‘if you’re willing to work for it’. The best way to achieve a goal of any sort is to set plan, similar to a feasibility study […]
Talking about God and Jesus just got a little more hip, thanks to Penelope Trunk featuring some Christian bloggers on Brazen Careerist and mentioning that people of faith can be more productive. I mean, we’re all looking for the next edge right […]
For me, this project represents a milestone in the area of restoration of natural systems. Restoration has seen some hard times, primarily due to lack of funding. I see this first hand in the forest industry where standards are designed to be met (and barely), and those rarely include restoration and revitalization of damaged ecosystems […]
When you’re hungry and have money to burn, you’re not going out of your way for a meal. You stick within walking distance at lunch or stay relatively local for dinner with friends.
It sounds like science-fiction, no? But, in a recent post written from the American Planners Association convention in Sin City, California Planning & Development Report contributor Bill Fulton argues that Vegas is on the track to claiming a spot on the shortlist of the most exciting urban places […]
