rick9162Apr 134 min readDo water-efficient irrigation systems work against low-carbon goals?The carbon footprint of any given material is not necessarily obvious or even intuitive. This brief intro should help you begin to wrap...
rick9162Mar 186 min readIt's Not Just About Carbon | Using the Three Pillars Framework to Guide Ecological Literacy in the Landscape It's about ecosystem services, and carbon is a part of that. I obviously support balancing our landscapes within the carbon cycle....
rick9162Aug 4, 20233 min readElder Creek Said No to Organic Fertilizers a Long Time Ago.Elder Creek said no to organic fertilizers back in 2010. Actually, we say no to all fertilizers wherever possible and use organics for...
rick9162Jun 23, 20233 min readShould We Claim Existing Carbon Assets as our Own?What is the moral and practical stance on claiming existing sequestration assets when developing a new project? This is a hotly debated...
rick9162Jun 3, 20234 min readPrecision vs. Accuracyprecision accuracy; exactness: the degree of refinement with which an operation is performed accuracy the condition or quality of being...
rick9162Jun 3, 20232 min readYou're landscape isn't Carbon Balanced, you say?So your landscape isn't carbon balanced? It isn't even balancing out in the next 10 years? All I can say is, Welcome to the party!...
rick9162May 12, 20232 min readSucculents and Sagebrush, The Future of Sonoma County landscapes?At last fall's ASLA Conference in San Francisco, I was lucky enough to share a table with a grad student committed to carbon solutions...
rick9162May 12, 20233 min readCan i really have a carbon negative landscape? and a pool? and concrete patios, and everything else.Probably Not at least not in any reasonable timeline. The truth of the matter is that many of our lifestyle choices and many of the...