by cityworks | Jul 17, 2012 | Word Distinction
Great question and one we jump right into in our kick-off post to distinguish important words – starting with weather and climate. When it comes to “climate” and “weather,” we often use the same words to describe them. Lovely. Harsh....
by cityworks | Jun 29, 2012 | Word Distinction
“Green?” “Clean?” You say “tomato,” I say… Yes, word distinction is important. But as Kristin Hansen pointed out in the first part of her interview about these two words, the goal is to motivate people to protect our natural resources using words they respond to and...
by cityworks | Jun 27, 2012 | Word Distinction
To kick off our latest blog topic, word distinction, we’re tackling “green” and “clean,” which have seemingly become interchangeable. If you’re confused about the difference between “green” and “clean” when it comes to describing environmental awareness, activity and...
by cityworks | Jun 25, 2012 | Word Distinction, Words
Nice weather we’re having…or is that nice climate we’re having…? In that particular case, the word distinction between “weather” and “climate” is easy. When we have a stretch of nice weather, it’s just that – a stretch of nice weather. But in other cases,...
by cityworks | Jul 20, 2012 | Word Distinction
When it comes to climate change, one of the frustrations that experts routinely voice is that the concept sometimes gets lost in translation. That’s not all surprising. Climate change is complex science, after all, and the topic is still relatively new to those of us...
by cityworks | Jul 23, 2012 | Word Distinction, Commentary
Last week’s blog topic on word distinction featured the difference between “weather” and “climate” and this week we move to “smart” and “intelligent.” Again, they are two words that seem similar – almost interchangeable – but are they? Today, we run into these words...
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