For some reason the new year makes us want to change our lives. Call it a quirk of the circular calendar. We join the gym, swear off sweets, promise to call our fathers more. One wonders, if the year were a line and we never came back to the same month, how we would ever [...]
walkability
By Andy Patton [Ed. note: This article is part of our weekly series of church activities, called Cultivating Community, published on Thursdays.] 2010 has come and (almost) gone so we here at Flourish are taking a retrospective look back into the archives. We’ve dug up 6 practical ways for churches to start bringing creation care out [...]
Why, according to Lyanda Lynn Haupt, is walking a “necessary practice?”
How is a nation glutted with suburbs shaping us and the environment for the worse? How can we re-imagine where we live for the better?
National Bike-to-Work Day is this Friday. But when is Bike-to-Church Day?
Does an evening on the front porch sound heavenly? There may be more than one reason that this architectural interface between the public and private reminds us of Paradise.
If we do the math, we discover that NO car is safe. Driving is inherently dangerous.
The front porch rises again! And it extends further back into history and further ahead into the future than you would have ever thought.
Where can you walk from your church? Who can walk to your church? Improving walkability is good for creation and communities.
What is the relationship between the built environment and a healthy and just neighborhood? Here’s a taste of the web resources available for learning about the built environment and tools for making your community a healthy place.
