Taras Grescoe

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Straphanger

Friday, August 03, 2012

Taras Grescoe describes public transportation all over the world—from New York to Moscow, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Bogotá, Phoenix, Portland, Vancouver, and Philadelphia—and looks at how convenient, affordable, and sustainable urban transportation can lead to better city living. Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile makes an impassioned case for the end of car culture and starting a transportation revolution.

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The Virtues of Public Transportation, From a Proud Straphanger

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The United States has long been a car culture. But with fewer young people buying cars than ever, an American automobile industry in decline, and rising fuel prices, this culture is f...

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Excerpt: 'Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile'

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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WNYC

Were it not for the subway, New York as it is today would not exist. At a crucial time in the city's history, the engineers of this ingenious subterranean railroad cleared the streets of impossible congestion and decanted the population of the teeming, insalubrious tenements of the Lower EastSide to the farthest corners of the boroughs. Because it was able to move so many people so quickly, the subway became the ultimate urban density amplifier, allowing the apartment buildings and office towers of Manhattan to be built side-by-side, and turning a 26-square-mile island of gneiss, marble, and schist into one of the world's greatest metropolises, where millions could live and trade services, goods, and ideas swiftly and efficiently.

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Eat This, Save the World!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

When it comes to environmentally responsible eating, we’re often told what not to eat: Don’t eat tuna because it’s overfished. Don’t eat Chilean sea bass because it’s bottom-trawled. Don’t eat beef because of carbon dioxide emissions from cows.

But what we’re not often told is that putting jellyfish on the menu will help save the world.

 

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Sounds Fishy

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

We've all heard about collapsing fisheries around the world -- can we help stop the trend with our diets? Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically In A World of Vanishing Seafood, talks about how to enjoy seafood responsibly.

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Ethical Eating, More Than Green

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

How can you choose your foods to both sustain yourself and the planet as a whole? Today, we'll have two guests on to discuss ethical eating practices: Taras Grescoe and Makalé Faber-Cullen. Plus, the New Jersey primary; tracking behavior on the internet; and listeners call in about war memorials.