Can you imagine how amazing it would be, to be in a city like Manhattan, London, or even a smaller city like St. Petersburg, Florida without being forced to breath toxic air from car and truck exhaust?
It might look something like this…
We’ll be led in a discussion on this topic from architect and community member Michael Huston who wrote a fantastic article on this for CNU. You won’t want to miss this week’s gathering.
Here’s a short summary from Michael about the article, previewing our community discussion:
If you are a certain age, you will remember the days when passengers were allowed to smoke on airplanes. If you are not old enough to remember, be assured, it was not pleasant. The idea that one would be confined, for hours at a time, in a crowded tube breathing smoke-filled air is hard to fathom today, and yet it was the accepted norm up until the total ban on in-flight smoking in the year 2000.
Today, one can draw a parallel with vehicular exhaust in our cities. City-dwellers are forced to tolerate the air pollution and grime that coats our streets and sidewalks as the result of our acquiescence to the automobile and its internal combustion engine. But like smoking on an airplane, someday we may look back and wonder how we ever put up with breathing exhaust-filled air in our city streets and sidewalks.
Click here for more info about this week’s gather here.
Join the Livable City community online this Sunday and every Sunday where we help each other learn how to be effective local change makers.
Where: The meeting will be held virtually with a link to the meeting (Google Meet) sent via email to all who have RSVPed.
When: Sunday, September 13 @ 5 PM CDT
Bring your favorite beverage and get excited to meet some other amazing people who care deeply about where they live! We all have so much to learn from each other on how real change can happen in our neighborhoods.
See you all on Sunday!
Cheers,
Jim