Laith Wark

“Most housing options available for seniors today isolate them and discourage neighborhood atmosphere. There is an alternative. If you are interested in: • Living in a large, social community in your own house. • Participating in the planning of your home. • Experiencing an alternative to institutionalized health care.”
― Charles Durrett, The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living

“Max, Hans, and Rosa I cannot account for, but I know that Liesel Meminger was thinking that if the bombs ever landed on Himmel Street, not only did Max have less chance of survival than everyone else, but he would die completely alone.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The magnitude and importance of urban surface temperatures in a heat island were not fully appreciated until they were first visualized from the air in the 20th century.”
― Lisa Mummery Gartland, Heat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas

“We need to remember that the work of our time is bigger than climate change. We need to be setting our sights higher and deeper. What we’re really talking about, if we’re honest with ourselves, is transforming everything about the way we live on this planet.”
― Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate