A Northern Gardener's Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest. By Lorraine Johnson and Shelia Colla. Illustrated by Ann Sanderson. Published by Island Press in 2023Pennies add up. We can all make a difference with climate change, biodiversity, and human health and wellness. This exquisitely illustrated guide to northern native plants is the first step in that journey. Anyone can follow these easy steps to creating a sustainable, lower maintenance landscape on their property. The heart of the garden "book" contains more than 300 native plants and how they are interactive with the local ecologies for pollinators and birds. All of the information you need for planting designs are here. i.e. blooming times, sun, shade, soil, and companions plants. It doesn't require a "green" thumb. There are so many creative places to put a native plant garden - even renters and small plots designs are included.Are you looking for a street or neighborhood project? This is your book to get everyone excited about the birds, bees, and butterflies. What could be more enjoyable (and cheap entertainment for kids and adults ;) than to watch the wildlife  - enjoy your yard too. If you care about the environment, this is your book. It should be on everyone's favorite book shelf. Eves-drop in on the authors talk about the book in this podcast. You might pick up a few pointers for your next landscape project. Websites to check out.butterfliesand moths.orgbumblebeewatch.orgfindingflowers.casavethebumblebees.caThe host's website for southern native plants FoodTrucksForBirds.com A Northern Gardener's Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest. By Lorraine Johnson and Shelia Colla. Illustrated by Ann Sanderson. Published by Island Press in 2023Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive without Growth by Alan Mallach.  Published by Island Press in 2022. More is never enough. Have we reached the balance of a sustainable human population that affords us a comfortable and ecologically sustainable life style in harmony with the Earth? What does that economy and city look like? How does it function?  These and many other practical questions - and answers -  is the thesis of this book. Join me in conversation with Alan to understand the data about the human population and how this affects all of us from small towns to big cities. How did COVID affect our towns and the opportunities and challenges that accompany it. Maybe a smaller human population isn't such a bad thing but we have to plan for it. The old saying is - "we never plan to fail but we fail to plan" applies here. And, Alan helps us to understand and start the conversation with our local governments to being this process. Nothing - rarely - happens over night. You'll find in this book Alan has half cuppa coffee full outlook for humanity.  If you want to have a community to enjoy in the future that is affordable and a joy to live in, take this book to your next county commission meeting. If not you or me, then who?Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive without Growth by Alan Mallach.  Published by Island Press in 2022. Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Good morning,I enjoy sipping a cuppa chai with croissant at my favorite cafe in Niceville, FL : Tango 3 Coffee. On a Saturday morning, I read through the next book for my Sunday Coffee interviews, take a instagram photos of it, and write questions for the authors. I thought you might like to join me. The coffee shop culture began in Europe and took off during the Age of Enlightenment. The last hundreds of years have produced many an idea at a coffee shops with people writing novels, ideas, and general gossip. If you need some coffee ambience while you work, download this podcast as many times  as you need to complete that job or homework assignment. Take a nice hot sip of coffee or tea and relax into that great book. Tango 3 CoffeeI receive no endorsement for this podcast from the coffee shop. I'm endorsing them!Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Website:  http://www.sophialacroix.com Instagram: @Sophia_Lacroix_ArtistSophia Lacroix is a Haitian born US resident that found the love of her life -  Fine Art. From an early age art was  solace and gift that transformed her life in ways she could only imagine.  After immigrating to the U.S. at the age of 15 in the mid-1980s, she earned a full academic scholarship to University of Florida and graduated with a B.S. in Nutrition Science.  However, art has been her passion since she was four years old.Sophia taught herself to paint in oils and began selling her art in 1995 while working in social services helping the underserved. Today she is going back to school to earn the degree she always wanted a BFA in Art from FIU and then continue to the MFA program.  Sophia considers her greatest accomplishment however to be her daughter, Nathalie, her greatest masterpiece, the pride and joy for her and her beloved spouse, Willy.Recent exhibits:City of North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency’s U-Wrap NoMi Art in Public Places Initiative. She was selected from 400 applicants and 24 finalists by the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood at their 2022 FLORIDA BIENNIAL: Installations, Portraiture, Materiality, and Magic Realism for a solo exhibition in 2023, and honor that also came with a prized honorarium. Website:  http://www.sophialacroix.com Instagram: @Sophia_Lacroix_ArtistSupport the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Roadways For People: Rethinking Transportation, Planning, and Engineering by Lynn Peterson. Published by Island Press in 2023Listening. It's a long lost art in the transportation and urban design matrix. Too many times, the scoop and problems are being decided by people outside the community. In Lynn's book she details her journey to become a better engineer by going back to school for an Urban Design Masters Degree. The insights she learned have resulted in better projects for communities. The people are more happy with the functional designs of the complete streets and roads to connect them.What is a road? What can we do better before a project derails? How can we save money by planning ahead of time and constructing once? What do communities want?   This is a design book for every engineer, urban planner, landscape architect, and architects to keep on their shelf. We all want a safe, walkable, and friendly place to live. This is a real "how to" book packed with years of practical hands on experience. Roadways For People: Rethinking Transportation, Planning, and Engineering by Lynn Peterson. Published by Island Press in 2023Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

White Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree by John Pastor. Published by Island Press in 2023The roots of the tree, in this case, the White Pines of North America are the metaphorical roots of our democracy, collaboration, and beauty. Beginning with the Native American tribes coming together to bring peace to a landscape and later to the revolutionary American war from the King of England. This species of tree has seen it all. Join me in for an enlightening conversation with Jon Pastor about the remarkable travels this species has taken across ice ages and it’s intersection with our mythology as humans: Native and European. Through peace, war, and diversity this book will give the reader a new perspective about the ecologies of North America and how this amazing tree has served the humans and every species  with love and gratitude. White Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree by John Pastor. Published by Island Press in 2023Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

The Home Cafe: Creative Recipes for Expresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks by Asia Lui Chapa Published by Page Street Publishing Co. Salem, MA 2022Human connections begin with drinks and food. It's about starting the morning or the weekend with family, friends, and partners - or brothers and sisters. Its a quiet moment to wake up in the morning or an after work drink to wind down the day. Happy Hours can be at coffee shops OR your very own The Home Cafe. This isn't just a recipe drink book. It's about exploring the cultures and flavors from a global community of humanity. Each drink has a flavor and a place with a story. The ingredients might be new to an American audience but they are a delight to explore. The Home Cafe trend started in Southeast Asia but it's just kicking off here. Asia Chapa discovers and reconnects with ingredients from her cross cultural background during the pandemic to bridge gaps and create time tested and new possibilities. Not just for recipes but ultimately for herself too. It's a journey of tastes, culture, mixed with family, friends, good memories and trying times. At the end of the day, it's a nice sunset with a great drink to relax and enjoy this moment in time. Find the book  here on Amazon  About the author link hereInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ac_homecafe/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ac_homecafePinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ac_homecafe/My current favorites are the lemon grass with green tea and the lavender. I'm adding it to everything with almond milk  ; )  The Home Cafe: Creative Recipes for Expresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks by Asia Lui Chapa Published by Page Street Publishing Co. Salem, MA 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Build Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris Magwood. Published by Island Press in 2022The amazing thing is that we have the technology and the planning to capture carbon to bring our beautiful home - The Earth - back into balance. The biggest emitter of carbon is actually our homes. It's the built environment that is causing so much havoc in our atmosphere. Life here is possible because of the warm cozy blanket that envelopes the Earth but we do not an extra wool blanket of carbon. Too much carbon, and we are so hot that it's changing the climate; therefore, changing how our food is grown, the extreme weather, droughts, and floods. - so that's the bad news - The good news is this book. We already have the technology and still developing newer technology to sink the carbon back into our built environment where it should be - stored. Just as decades ago, there was no GPM on a car sticker before purchase. There are no stickers for carbon usage (in creating or emitting) for our houses. The cars changed. Our houses can too. In this conversation with Bruce and Chris, you'll learn more about how to be a better consumer. What to ask for and what to look for. You'll learn more about how a simple house and a complex urban system is built. At the next county meeting, you'll be able to ask better questions of developers. At the end of the day, Bruce said it best. Climate change will reverse because of women. When we learn to respect each other as a species. That in turn will lead to better environmental policies for our common mother - The Earth. Please share this podcast with all of your architecture friends and students. Build Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris Magwood. Published by Island Press in 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics by Jon Erickson. Published by Island Press in 2022Who invented the economics theories we hold in high regard today? Who do they serve best? Are they really giving us the full economic picture for today's society? In this conversation, we learn about the who, what, when, where, and why we have for the current economic models for our global society. Where is it taking us for the future? Freak-economics have lead us to only value the price tag on - everything. We have over used the phrase "time is money". To the point, that our society only considers something of value if there is a price tag on it. In economics, we are taught that we need to have all of the costs and values for the next marginal unit to understand how the homogeneous glob makes decisions? Is that all I am? Is there a price tag that gives the true worth of my body organs and fresh air with some clean water? The ecological economics decided to put a value tag on trees, air, grass, and eco-system services. Did they succeed? Did this cause us to value development more than environment? What do we value and why?  So how can we develop a new economic model that clearly understands and predicts our economic decisions. We not exactly as logical as we think - we are. It's complicated. That's exactly what Jon covers in this conversation. The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics by Jon Erickson. Published by Island Press in 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Understanding Disaster Insurance: New tools for a more resilient future by Carolyn Kousky Published by Island Press in 2022Do you really know what's included or more importantly what's NOT included in your insurance policy? Our climate change is fast changing our security and risk for our biggest investments: homes and businesses. Hurricanes, tornados, fires, and drought - Oh My! It's getting harder to live on planet Earth. How do we prepare for the worst and hope for the best? Insurance. In this conversation, you'll learn more about risk and assessing your own risks. Instead of just looking for a 3 bedroom 2 bath house in a good school district, you might ask about the landscape of the area. How often does it flood? What do I need in a policy? How will I live if the worst happens? Take a deep dive with us into the unknown world of insurance. It's all in the fine print. It's most important to read the fine print before the lights go out and the generator kicks on. A few tools to help you find better insuranceLemonade: An Insurance CompanyUnderstanding Disaster Insurance: New tools for a more resilient future by Carolyn Kousky Published by Island Press in 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Happy Holiday week 2022Today's guest is Darlene Crone-Todd from the BF Skinner Foundation.As my audience may know, my first career was a dolphin trainer at the Gulfarium in Ft.  Walton Beach Fl. I have been used the BF Skinner teaching methods for not just dolphins but in teaching swimming, teaching my employees, and managing my various businesses. I am thrilled to introduce this amazing group of people who are carrying the light of the positive reinforcement torch on today.  My very special guest today is Darlene Crone-Todd from the BF Skinner Foundation from Harvard. She is a full time professor in Psychology at the Salem University from Salem, MA.  What would you like to learn? How were you taught in school? Do you remember the material well? There are different teaching techniques. And, to a varying degree they can be effective. However, study after study from BF Skinner demonstrated how the principals of learning (positive, variable schedules, shaping, extinguishing,) have stood the test of time across human demographics and species. What are these techniques?As a student, what type of teaching technique would you prefer? Do you want a positive environment with quick progress? What would that look like? This type of teaching shapes the learning into small steps for the quickest progress. It's by breaking down the learning (either physical i.e. ice skating or mental i.e research papers) that the students can enjoy the process as well as the instructor. They both get positive reinforcement from the interaction and exchange of knowledge?   Studies are demonstrating that employees are not always happy in the workplace. How can we have a better work environment? What is "positive" anyway? Does it work for anyone. If you are a manager, how can you be more effective? To answer these questions, and many more tune into this essential Sunday Coffee podcast for a Happy 2023! Darlene Crone-Todd  https://directory.salemstate.edu/profile/darlene.cronetoddHer selected works: https://works.bepress.com/darlene-cronetodd/B. F. Skinner Foundation board member profile5. Google scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nkcXfQJxe04C&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate She is co-editing a book with Andresa de Souza with a working title "Behavior Analysis in Higher Education and Supervision", and another one with Donald Hantula and T. V. Joe LSupport the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Place & Prosperity: How cities help us to connect and innovate: by William Fulton Published by Island Press 2022Where are you from? Where do you live? These are the two most common and powerful questions we ask and answer to each other. It's deeply personal to our sense of identity and place in a community. What is this "place" we call home? How do places come into being? Why do we long to go back "home" ? Or, do we want to explore and find a new community? Mr. Fulton has these questions too and he has learned a few lessons along the way -coming from a small town and then traveling the world. This book is his own life long lessons and answers searching for "the place". How they are shaped and how we can change them. Why community would you like to live in? A daily walkable city to you job and supermarket or would you still prefer connect via car? In national surveys again and again it was a 50/ 50 split. In our conversation we discuss what it means to create places like these and why they come into reality. I hope you'll enjoy this conversation with your hot cuppa this morning. Click to this book's link on Island PressPlace & Prosperity: How cities help us to connect and innovate: by William Fulton Published by Island Press 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Rural Renaissance Revitalizing America's Hometowns through Clean Power: by L. Michelle Moore published by Island Press 2022Each step on our power grid journey has benefited humanity. The coal we burned fueled homes, businesses, and lifted us out of poverty. Now today, we have an opportunity to use new technologies to a new level. With clean technology made in America, we can be more independent with local decision making for a better community system.Michelle takes us through "how to do it" step by step with her principals for an even better future for rural areas. Her organization https://groundswell.org is taking action and assisting local leaders plan better futures to power and connect their communities with affordable and independent technologies.Sit back and pour a nice hot cuppa tea or coffee for an interesting conversation. Rural Renaissance Revitalizing America's Hometowns through Clean Power: by L. Michelle Moore published by Island Press 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Exercises in Architecture: learning to think like as architect   2nd Edition by Simon Unwin published by Routledge in 2023 Each art form has it's own language. While we may not equate architecture with written music, it is - just like it. As the author discusses from his own struggles with learning architecture, he discovered architecture anew while teaching it. How do we communicate? Does architecture communicate with us? The answer is yes if we are aware of it. It forms the basis for our daily lives in many humble and not so humble ways.Architecture informs our behaviors. It communicates ideas. Just like any other art form the language is distinct and all it's own.In this book (and his series of books) Simon explores how we come to learn communication. How we have lost the art of spaces and voids in our daily lives. It is an instinct that we can become aware of once more. There are principals to making better spaces for not just our homes but our spiritual places and work places.This book applies to more than architecture. It's about the bigger picture of urban design and landscape architecture too. This is a book of exercise for both studio architecture teachers and students who want to do more.Exercises in Architecture: learning to think like as architect   2nd Edition by Simon Unwin published by Routledge in 2023 Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Managing The Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire by Jonathan Barnett & Matthijs Bouw  Published by Island Press in 2022It's getting hot on planet Earth. There are forces in motion that can be reversed but we will have to deal with the effects of floods, heat, drought, and wildfire for the foreseeable future. How can our communities adapt today so that we can live a full life and reverse the effects for the next generation? There are steps we can take today because pennies do add up.Join me in this conversation with Jonathan and Matthijs about how to protect our communities and our families with small but powerful changes in our daily lives. Climate change is already here. The question is what are we going to do  today that will make our children and grandchildren proud of us? "Failure is not an option" - movie Apollo 13. If there was ever a time or a "how to" book, this is yet. This book takes a complicated science problem and breaks it down into easy to read steps. It's not too late but the time is now. Take this book to your local community leaders to share. The clock is ticking.Managing The Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire by Jonathan Barnett & Matthijs Bouw  Published by Island Press in 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Brandi Long, MFA website and social linksGood morning! I'm so excited to bring you my first professional artist interview. Today's guest is a colleague of mine from Florida International University art program.  The video interview portion will be posted to my YouTube channel to see her new studio and artwork from her MFA show at the Frost Museum.  Brandi Long was born and raised in Miami Florida. She first became interested in artwhen she was around the age of fifteen. In her early years, she mainly painted and used herartmaking as a means of therapy. Losing both her parents in her early twenties those events led Long to rethink her perspective on life. Around this time she fell in love with the world  of fiber arts. Fiber Can be a very general word that covers a multitude of techniques. Her current work is mixed media-based sculptures that highlight her connection to nature for nature. Long Recently Graduated from Florida International University in April of 2022 upon completion of her Thesis Exhibition Echo, long was awarded Berry Laird Perry Award and will be showing her "Forgotten Chapters" series next at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, New York. Brandi Long, MFA website and social linksSupport the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

No Farms, No Food Uniting Farmers and Environmentalists to Transform American Agriculture by Don StuartWhat happens when a farm fails? Sold? Retires? These are not easy answers but they can have devastating results for the communities and environment they serve. Mr. Stuart takes a good, hard, long look into the research and reality of the decisions we make about our food. We discuss the history of farms in the US. The  "why and how"  they landed there. And, the financial realities to make food. Real Estate - It's a balancing act. When a property is deemed more valuable with retail and housing the property value goes up. Farmers have to leverage their land in order to grow us food. It needs to be affordable for everyone. How do we balance the real estate pressures with our food?Climate -Farmers do care about the environment. Rain is very important to a farmer as well as the soils. They like to eat good food too. How do we strike a balance to have our cake and eat it too?There are many questions and this book offers some answers and a new perspective. Can we  use coalitions to protect our resources? How can we wisely leverage them for our survival and to cherish the the home planet that we all love: Earth. Don Stuart is a former director for AFT's Pacific Regional Office and has also served as executive director for the Washington Association of Conservation Districts and executive director for Salmon for Washington, a non-profit trade association. Stuart is the author of Barnyards and Birkenstocks: Why Farmers and Environmentalists Need Each Other.No Farms, No Food Uniting Farmers and Environmentalists to Transform American Agriculture by Don StuartSupport the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Ecologies of Inception: Designs potentials on a warming planet by Simone Ferracina published by Routledge in 2022Humans have utilized raw materials for - ever actually. We love art and to create useful vessel for our food, survival, warfare, and entertainment. It's how we shelter ourselves and brings us comfort. Since the industrial revolution, we are still following the tabula rasa concept of form from matter at an increasing and alarming  rate.  The prevailing thought of designing are way out of it may not be enough. Can we upcycle, recycle, downcycle our way out of the heap? Or as this book offers, a new perspective about our stuff? Mr. Ferracina's elegant writing balances out the academic qualities of this book to offer useful questions and solutions to the pressing issues about today's climate emergency and our mountains of stuff. Join us on this podcast for a most interesting conversation - with your cuppa coffee of course!  Simone Ferracina is the founding director of Exaptive Design Office (EDO) and a Lecturer in Architectural Design/Detail at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), The University of Edinburg. Ecologies of Inception: Designs potentials on a warming planet by Simone Ferracina published by Routledge in 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

The Blue Revolution: Hunting, Harvesting, and Farming Seafood in the Information Age by Nicholas P. Sullivan  Published by Island Press in 2022.Fishing - it's not as easy as it sounds. It's one of the world's oldest professions and not really understood by the public at large. I have lived on the Gulf Coast most of my life and being surrounded by water; I've not really understood it. We all want a sustainable resource for our generation and the next that is healthy and strong. It's a big question with many people involved trying to figure out how to make the regulations fair for all: the consumer, the fish, and the fisher people.If you are a fisher person, this book may enlighten you about the industry at large and what your counterparts are doing overseas. For the layperson who wants to know what you are eating, this guide book is for you. In the information age, we can catch our fish and eat it too!For more information, click on the link belowThe Blue Revolution: Hunting, Harvesting, and Farming Seafood in the Information Age by Nicholas P. Sullivan  Published by Island Press in 2022.Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/

Latour for Architects by Albena Yaneva published by Routledge in 2022This book is an introduction to Bruno Latour. He is a leading figure in Social Sciences today. In the past decade his Action-Network Theory (ANT) has gained much popularity in the field of architecture. This book discusses his philosophy and how it applies to specific methods of new thinking in architecture and design pedagogy. It demonstrates these methods in practical examples of architectural practice and urban design. This book argues for the ANT-inspired approach to architecture and how the methodological insights can outline new research avenues in the field. The book draws on the world of architectural practice and how it can re-order the world to handle human and nonhuman collective life. It re-examines the role of matter in design and redefines the forms of social, political, and ethical associations that bind us together in cities. This interview discusses the role of landscape architecture too. Click here for more information from Routledge.Latour for Architects by Albena Yaneva published by Routledge in 2022Support the showThank you for joining us on Sunday mornings with your hot cuppa tea or coffee. It's been an awesome 2022 and we look forward to bring you more episodes in 2023. We'll connect with you on the socials! Please let us know - what's in your cuppa this morning? ;)https://twitter.com/Sunday_Cuppa https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciakeffer/ https://youtu.be/sQ6tYb5PUe8 https://www.facebook.com/Sunday-Coffee-107458831721244 https://www.instagram.com/sundaycuppacoffee/