Author: Neil

“Control Your Concrete” is an experimental August 2026 film and essay made from walks through Ithaca. Following Thoreau’s idea that “the most alive is the wildest,” the film notices the living world pushing into the systems we build and asks how much of it can really be controlled. The page also compares federal government statements with journalism about climate and environmental change, showing how the language of control and management plays out beyond the local walk—in forests, rivers, energy systems and public policy.