Geohealth Lab website

We finally made some long overdue changes to the Geohealth Lab web site. Lots is happening this summer, so watch for more updates.

Environmental costs

In a small state like New Jersey, $1 billion of environmental damages sounds like a lot.

Friday Photos: Manhattan

FitCity 2016

Exciting to see more designers getting onto the bandwagon of making our communities healthy places. This week there is a great meeting at BAM in Brooklyn called FitCity 2016 that is exploring how design can improve health. Since it is sponsored by the AIA, it will probably be a little heavy on architecture, but the ideas should be edgy. And, if you can't attend in person, you can follow along at #FitCity2016

Social GPS versus local residents

That great cut through that helped shave several minutes off your commute is no longer a secret due to Waze. The residents of the cut through neighborhood may be more upset than you. And, as the Washington Post writes, some of them have started fighting back by posting false information.