Comments on: Creating green spaces http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=202 Audacious Ideas is a blog created to stimulate ideas and discussion about solutions to difficult problems in Baltimore. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:11:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Miriam Avins http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=202&cpage=1#comment-4541 Miriam Avins Fri, 22 May 2009 16:14:24 +0000 http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=202#comment-4541 One of the really nice things about community gardens and other community-managed open spaces is the degree to which people respect them. While you might expect that vandalism could be a big problem, in general it is not. In fact, I've heard from quite a number of people who have found that the gardens and other spaces they maintain actually reduce littering, dumping, and crime. Thanks for leaving a comment! One of the really nice things about community gardens and other community-managed open spaces is the degree to which people respect them. While you might expect that vandalism could be a big problem, in general it is not. In fact, I’ve heard from quite a number of people who have found that the gardens and other spaces they maintain actually reduce littering, dumping, and crime.

Thanks for leaving a comment!

]]> By: Martise J. Brown http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=202&cpage=1#comment-4531 Martise J. Brown Mon, 18 May 2009 18:36:27 +0000 http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=202#comment-4531 Good Afternoon evveryone! My name is Martise Brown and I am an representative from the Baltimore Urban Debate League, as well as a debater for Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School with in the Debate League. This debate season we had to debate this topic or something very simular! "The United States Federal Government should substancially increase alternative energy incentives with in the United States." My particular argument stated that the United States should become more energy efficient by revitalizing brownfields (abandoned, or underused commercial or industrial facilities or pieces of land). I argued that by cleaning up these brownields would in turn clean up the enviornment by reducing the amount of deadley toxins released in to the air. I also argued that to just clean up these brownfields wasn't enough! We must then also provide more ways of recieving clean energy (i.e. wind, solar, geothermal). By adding these entities in just one community could effect the entire nation. We all must rememer that just the slightest change can save the wold from Global Warming. So if your not using a particular room in your house be sure to turn of the lights or unplug things from the electrical sockets. These steps are sure to save the world as well as your electric bill! If you have any questions regarding the Baltimore Urban Debate League, please feel free to contact us at 410-752-2835! Thanks everyone, and have a great day! Good Afternoon evveryone! My name is Martise Brown and I am an representative from the Baltimore Urban Debate League, as well as a debater for Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School with in the Debate League. This debate season we had to debate this topic or something very simular! “The United States Federal Government should substancially increase alternative energy incentives with in the United States.” My particular argument stated that the United States should become more energy efficient by revitalizing brownfields (abandoned, or underused commercial or industrial facilities or pieces of land). I argued that by cleaning up these brownields would in turn clean up the enviornment by reducing the amount of deadley toxins released in to the air. I also argued that to just clean up these brownfields wasn’t enough! We must then also provide more ways of recieving clean energy (i.e. wind, solar, geothermal). By adding these entities in just one community could effect the entire nation. We all must rememer that just the slightest change can save the wold from Global Warming. So if your not using a particular room in your house be sure to turn of the lights or unplug things from the electrical sockets. These steps are sure to save the world as well as your electric bill!

If you have any questions regarding the Baltimore Urban Debate League, please feel free to contact us at 410-752-2835!

Thanks everyone, and have a great day!

]]> By: Takia Wicks http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=202&cpage=1#comment-4530 Takia Wicks Mon, 18 May 2009 18:17:47 +0000 http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=202#comment-4530 Hello. My name is Takia Wicks and I am a debater and apprentice in the Baltimore Urban Debate League from Western High School. This year the resolution, or debate topic, was "The United States Federal Government should increase alternative energy incentives in the United States" and we discussed different green solutions that could be implemented in the U.S. One problem that constantly arose in connection to greener communities is the fact that communities that are not unified and working towards the same goals often lead to failures in the attempt to clean up the neighborhood. Neighborhood violence and crime is an inherent problem that must be solved before any progress can be made in our communities. Too many times has the story been told of a few good samaritans whose hearts were broken when their efforts to clean up their neighborhoods were destroyed by vandalism and crooks' need for a safe place for their activities. In the Baltimore Urban Debate League, we discuss all sides to an argument and weigh the impact analysis' of each decision that could be implemented in our communities. This is a good case to made, however, and I enjoy finding websites like this one that are attempting to make a change in our community. Thank you. Hello. My name is Takia Wicks and I am a debater and apprentice in the Baltimore Urban Debate League from Western High School. This year the resolution, or debate topic, was “The United States Federal Government should increase alternative energy incentives in the United States” and we discussed different green solutions that could be implemented in the U.S.

One problem that constantly arose in connection to greener communities is the fact that communities that are not unified and working towards the same goals often lead to failures in the attempt to clean up the neighborhood. Neighborhood violence and crime is an inherent problem that must be solved before any progress can be made in our communities. Too many times has the story been told of a few good samaritans whose hearts were broken when their efforts to clean up their neighborhoods were destroyed by vandalism and crooks’ need for a safe place for their activities.

In the Baltimore Urban Debate League, we discuss all sides to an argument and weigh the impact analysis’ of each decision that could be implemented in our communities. This is a good case to made, however, and I enjoy finding websites like this one that are attempting to make a change in our community. Thank you.

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