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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

Cars That Think

For decades, our vision of the future has been stuck in a 1960s-era dream of science fiction embodied by The Jetsons and space travel. In fact, what if our vision of that particular technologically advanced future is all wrong? This article appears in the August 2021 print issue as “Cozy Futurism.".

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Ford, Bedrock and Bosch exploring highly automated vehicle technology in Detroit to help make parking easier

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company, Bedrock and Bosch are launching a demonstration project with connected Ford Escape test vehicles that can drive and park themselves inside Bedrock’s Assembly Garage in Detroit using Bosch smart infrastructure.

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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

Cars That Think

There are technical reasons that contributed to faster repairs in Manhattan, but in general the neighborhoods that waited the longest to have their power restored tended to be poorer and less white. This strategy would correct an endemic imbalance that puts greater stressors on less affluent neighborhoods and the electricity vulnerable.

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Greenius Plants Tree to Help Restore Hope

Creative Greenius

But time has afterburners when the holidays roll around especially when your friendly neighborhood Greenius is in such demand locally. Look in one direction and you see one possible future with the native plantings and the lake with beautiful herons, egrets, ducks and other wildlife.

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In Paris and Beyond, 6 Sumptuous European Hotels

Baua Electric

The hotel is in Rome’s Monti neighborhood, dappled with cafes and restaurants, and takes its inspiration from the area’s artists, encouraging guests to think of themselves as artists in residence. Avant Mar Rising from the Greek island of Paros, this escape on Piperi beach blends soft sand with Cycladic cubic style architecture.

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Greenius Plants Tree to Help Restore Hope

Creative Greenius

But time has afterburners when the holidays roll around especially when your friendly neighborhood Greenius is in such demand locally. Look in one direction and you see one possible future with the native plantings and the lake with beautiful herons, egrets, ducks and other wildlife.

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

There is no doubt that my fate is to be part of the first generation in American history to leave behind a future radically worse than the one that was gifted to us. Because my father’s mother was a Romanian Jew, an illegal immigrant, who fled to America to escape World War II, all Jews and all refugees on the run are my family.