City Sustain - The Revival

Greetings all! As you can see, I've been away for this blog for a while. Blogging takes an amazing amount of focus, and I've been a bit sidetracked. Well, life happens, but the time away has given me a chance to think about things, including what I want from this blog.

My dedication to the idea of urban sustainability hasn't wavered. I'm still absolutely convinced that the world's cities and urban regions will be the central focus in creating a more sustainable world. How we approach the planning and design of our cities must be a very high priority in a world sliding toward environmental, economic, and social collapse, a world where over half of the population now lives in cities, a proportion that will be come even more larger in the coming decades. Consequently, I want to get back to using this blog as a place to think about these issues, and communicate with people who share these concerns.

There is a new layer that I'm going to explore on this blog, however. In tandem with these thoughts, I've been exploring the relationship between my faith and sustainability issues. As I've done this, I've become more broadly curious about the role of faith communities in the drive to create a more sustainable world. When I first set up this blog, I'd thought about creating a second blog to explore those issues separately, but have realized during my hiatus that I can't really separate the two topics out. And in a personal blog, there's no need to do so. Consequently, my thoughts here will begin to incorporate a faith perspective on these topics as I feel appropriate. I have become very conscious of how my faith life drives my desire to advance the urban sustainability agenda, so I don't feel the need any longer to separate the topics out. If I'm going to use something like this blog to explore these issues, I need to explore the topic in it's fullness as I perceive it. We'll see how this works out as time goes on.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and has a peaceful and quiet holiday season.