Why America Must Stop Throwing Away Its Industrial Future Lead Article in the River Refugium Project Series We’re Looking at the Mississippi All Wrong Every
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Bright Meadow Group Cernunnos Foundation Energy Environmental Man Made Permaculture River Refugium Project Thought Experiments
Introducing the River Refugium Project
A Bright Meadow Group overview Every once in a while, a project grows large enough that you have to step back, take a breath, and
You ever notice how a building starts talking to you long before it collapses? A beam bends a little.A floor sags a half-inch.A pipe starts
A Study in Quiet Showmanship Some homes don’t shout. They perform—gracefully, confidently, with the kind of stage presence that comes from good bones and better
Thanksgiving Edition- republican Virtue Thanksgiving mornings always have a particular kind of stillness to them—a pause in the national tempo, a collective breath the country
Why Are WE Punching The Wrong Enemy There’s a strange irony in modern creative culture:people will use every labor-saving tool in existence — except the
THE WRIGHT WAY, VOL. 1 Name’s Phil Wright.Mister Wright if we are doing business. My daddy used to tell me a man can forget his
or is it finding my inner Pennamite I didn’t expect to move to Pennsylvania and find myself admiring its political architecture. I’ve lived in enough
Miss Ordinary takes a walk through a neighborhood that remembers how to smile — and wonders when we stopped letting houses have a little fun.
Thought Experiment: The Capacitance Grid We often celebrate solar panels and wind turbines as the heroes of clean energy. And they are—but they come with
“A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Benjamin FranklinIn theory, a republic is a well-tuned mechanism. The many are represented in the House, the
Words and photos by Robb Smith There’s a kind of luck in cloudy light.It softens edges, dulls the glare, and lets details speak for themselves.
The Wright Way My name is Phil Wright, named after Philip Randolph. You can call me Mr. Wright if we are doing business. I’m not
A Tale of Two Letters Somewhere in the shuffle of bureaucracy and ceremony, two envelopes crossed paths.One carried a lapel pin and a pre-printed thank
A River Spanned Twice The Ohio River crossing at Henderson, Kentucky, tells a story of ambition that had to be built twice to be believed.
| Public Hygiene & Markets Division NEW YORK — In a year already marred by supply-chain snarls and labor shortages, economists have identified a subtler
Pillar to Post Home Inspectors, Cambria County Some people make their work look easy, even when the clock is stacked against them. Don Cessna of