Digging in for Detroit
Fisher Building, Detroit © J. Ashley Nixon Detroit Motor City The Fisher Building is one of many special buildings inContinue Reading
Category: Sustainability and Heritage
Beauty and the Bridge. A poem from the Bow River
Bridge over the Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. © J. Ashley Nixon Beauty and the Bridge You looked beautifulContinue Reading
Machu Picchu by train
“It’s about the journey not just the destination” is a phrase that came to mind when I was looking atContinue Reading
Bus loads of Connect Charter School musicians play The Jube
Musicians from Connect Charter School perform at Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary © J. Ashley Nixon Three bus loadsContinue Reading
Urban recce run 7: Hockey Town, Motor City…Detroit
Hockey fans hang out together. © J. Ashley Nixon Quite a few places in North America like to useContinue Reading
Cello variations inspired by the street art of Eduardo Kobra
A young cello player performs outside Calgary City Library, Signal Hill, Calgary, Canada. © J. Ashley Nixon Inspired by theContinue Reading
Walking the High Line, New York City
End of the line, the start of the park. The High Line, New York City. © J. Ashley Nixon FromContinue Reading
Connect: winter music from around the world
Reflections off brass © J. Ashley Nixon This was not your ordinary school concert. Of course, there were some standardsContinue Reading
Nazca lines hold symbolic messages for climate talks
Monkey from the Nazca lines. Photograph © J. Ashley Nixon Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateContinue Reading
Pathways to a low carbon future: next stop Lima for COP 20
I noted previously that the world’s action on climate change is crucially dependent on when emissions stop rising and canContinue Reading
