--- title: "What I'm Reading (05/29/17): Plants, Books, and Concrete" description: What I'm Reading, links to articles, podcasts, and videos related to design, planning, landscape architecture, environmental issues, climate change, etc. image: https://www.katecholakis.com/hubfs/Blog/20170527_155524-641612-edited.jpg --- [![](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/hub/451088/file-2450841506.jpg?width=541&height=391&name=file-2450841506.jpg)](https://www.katecholakis.com/) - [Home](https://www.katecholakis.com) - [About](https://www.katecholakis.com/about) - [Approach](https://www.katecholakis.com/approach) - [Blog](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog) - [Contact](https://www.katecholakis.com/contact) # Amble and Muse ## [What I'm Reading (05/29/17): Plants, Books, and Concrete](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/what-im-reading-052917) \[fa icon="calendar"\] May 30, 2017 9:06:50 PM / by [Kate Cholakis](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/author/kate-cholakis) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Sharing my finds, with the hope that you will share yours as well.  **I. Read** - NYT: [Who Bent the Trees?](https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000004944454/crooked-forest-puzzle-in-poland-who-bent-the-trees.html?playlistId=100000004687548) (a natural mystery in Poland) - Arnold Arboretum: [*Pinus strobus* and the Pine Tree Riot](https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/pinus-strobus-pine-tree-riot/) - Grid: [Q&A: Landscape architect Claudia West says we need functional plant communities, not over-mulched arborvitae](http://www.gridphilly.com/grid-magazine/2017/3/28/04xkakrrfz11ryal1gsvd24gawoj06) - NYT: [Understanding What Makes Plants Happy](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/style/understanding-what-makes-plants-happy.html?_r=1) - KQED Science: [California's super bloom, from space](https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/10/heres-what-californias-wildflower-super-bloom-looks-like-from-space/) - con'text:[Implementing Resilient Systems](http://www.csld.edu/2017/04/implementing-resilient-systems/?utm_campaign=Con%27text&utm_content=52101119&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook)  - NOAA: [U.S. had 2nd warmest year to date and 9th warmest March on record](http://www.noaa.gov/news/us-had-2nd-warmest-year-to-date-and-9th-warmest-march-on-record) - High Country News: [A way of unforgetting: Author Lauret Savoy on tracing personal and national history through landscapes.](http://www.hcn.org/articles/a-way-of-unforgetting?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email) - Desert X: [Desert Exhibition of Art](https://www.desertx.org/about-us/) - Food Tank: [Food Tank’s Reading List: 17 Books for Spring 2017](https://foodtank.com/news/2017/03/spring-book-list-2017/) - IDEAS.TED: [Your guide to Reading the World](http://ideas.ted.com/your-guide-to-reading-the-world/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=humanities) - Signature: [13 Books on the Influence of Geography in Our Everyday Lives](http://www.signature-reads.com/2017/01/13-best-books-on-geography/?ref=PRH6948FC2CAD) - WIRED: [Tokyo's underground drainage storage tunnels](https://www.wired.com/2017/04/christoffer-rudquist-tokyo-drainage-system/?mbid=psocial_atlasobscura#slide-1) - Fast Company: [Rebranding of Boston's Urban Renewal Agency](https://www.fastcompany.com/40403850/after-a-dark-past-bostons-urban-renewal-agency-is-building-a-citizen-led-city-for-the-future) - The New Yorker: [The Economic Lessons of the Stink Highway](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/the-economic-lessons-of-the-stink-highway?mbid=social_facebook) - NYT: [Growing Up in a Concrete Masterpiece](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/style/brutalism-growing-up-in-a-concrete-masterpiece.html)  ** II. Watch** - Landscape Architecture Magazine: [Living Off the Land](https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2017/03/28/lamcast-living-off-the-land/) (full-length documentary about landscape and public health) - TED: [Nature is everywhere, we just need to learn to see it](https://www.ted.com/talks/emma_marris_nature_is_everywhere_we_just_need_to_learn_to_see_it) - Peta Pixel: [Flower timelapse](https://petapixel.com/2017/05/09/incredible-flower-timelapse-took-3-years-8tb-photos-create/) - Vimeo: [The future of energy in the North Sea](https://vimeo.com/199825983) **III. Listen** - NPR: [Bertha Finally Breaks Through in Seattle](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/04/522550675/bertha-finally-breaking-through?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170404) - NPR: [Warmer Temperatures Signal Early Start To Spring Weather](http://www.npr.org/2017/03/01/517988120/warmer-temperatures-signal-early-start-to-spring-weather) ![Kate Cholakis](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/hub/451088/file-2527664837.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=file-2527664837.jpg) #### Written by [Kate Cholakis](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/author/kate-cholakis) ### Subscribe to Email Updates - Recent - Popular - Categories ### Lists by Topic - [botany (1)](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/topic/botany) - [ecology (1)](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/topic/ecology) - [ecosystem (1)](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/topic/ecosystem) - [horticulture (1)](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/topic/horticulture) - [landscape (1)](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/topic/landscape) - [plants (1)](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/topic/plants) #### About **Kate Cholakis** is a designer and educator with experience in ecological landscape design and management, stormwater planning, cultural landscape history, and green infrastructure.   [Learn More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://www.katecholakis.com/about) #### More Links - [\[fa icon="caret-right"\] Home](https://www.katecholakis.com) - [\[fa icon="caret-right"\] About](https://www.katecholakis.com/about) - [\[fa icon="caret-right"\] Blog](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog) - [\[fa icon="caret-right"\] Contact](https://www.katecholakis.com/contact) #### Contact \[fa icon="envelope"\] info@katecholakis.com   Copyright 2015 | Designed with \[fa icon="heart"\] by [Logo Drafters](http://www.logodrafters.com) \[fa icon="chevron-up"\]