List of Contributions

https://www.strongtowns.org/podcast Chuck Marohn was a civil engineer who started noticing some conflicts between engineering practices and human wellbeing. If you can manage to avoid taking his criticism of our profession (and ASCE's infrastructure report card) personally, there's a lot to be gained ...

Check out Opticos Design and PAE. Opticos is more of an architecture and urban planning outfit, and PAE does a lot of mechanical design for Living Building Challenge buildings. These two firms may not work in your specific field (or region), but someone at either may be able to point you in the ...

It's not quite a combination of policy and civil engineering, but I'm the chair of my city's planning commission. Policy at a local level might not have such widespread consequences, but there's also less inertia than with policy at larger scales, so it's possible for one engaged person to make real ...

"What the world would be like with more people like you..." Knee-deep in quinces and chestnuts. Careful what you wish for. You're much too kind, Jessie, but thank you all the same. ------------------------------ Tel Jensen Woodland WA ------------------------------

I guess I'm in the oldest cohort of millennials: I'm 37 and I'm not even out of school yet... Articles like the one you posted, James, raise my hackles. They're predicated on several unexamined assumptions that I believe are very harmful, both to individuals and our larger society (and the global ...

SOFI's interest rates are higher than my current student loan rates, and I would guess most other folks' federal loans. I could get a lower monthly payment in exchange for a (significantly) higher interest rate, but that isn't particularly appealing. Here's a way I'm starting to save money without ...

Maybe focus on paying off the loans with the highest interest rates first, rather than the smallest. ------------------------------ Tel Jensen Woodland WA ------------------------------