Posted January 4, 2012 by Deron Lovaas in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
The holidays finally provided a chance to catch up on some reading, including a remarkable book from 2006 called The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by Marc Levinson. I figured this...continued→
Posted January 4, 2012 by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
For some time, I have been on record as believing that the problem with former industrial cities that have lost population isn’t just the changing economy. It’s also a failure to address suburban sprawl. A close look at population...continued→
Posted January 4, 2012 by Damon Nagami in Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably
Last week I blogged about Taylor Yard, a former rail yard along the Los Angeles River, where developer Trammell Crow was facing an end-of-year deadline to exercise its option to purchase a key portion of the property. As I...continued→
Posted January 3, 2012 by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably
2011 was a great year for all of us who care about California’s native fisheries and water supply. Thankfully, 2011 was a wet year that ended several years of drought, resulting in record water exports from California’s Bay-Delta estuary (enough...continued→
Posted January 3, 2012 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
When talking about reducing the footprint of our living patterns on the landscape and the earth’s limited resources, I always stress that this does not necessarily mean high-rises or even multi-family living at all. Those can be perfectly accessible...continued→
Posted January 2, 2012 by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
If you haven’t discovered TED yet, you’re in for a treat. The acronym stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, and it is all about the sharing of ideas, first in conferences, and now especially on the internet, where you...continued→
Posted December 30, 2011 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
The Urban Land Institute’s latest forward-looking report for the real estate industry has lots of hopeful news for the environment, if perhaps also some sobering news for the economy. Titled What’s Next? Real Estate in the New Economy (print...continued→
Posted December 29, 2011 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
In 2011, I posted some 250 entries on my NRDC blog, quite a few of which were also published by The Atlantic, The Atlantic Cities, the Sustainable Communities Collective, and others. I am always grateful when they are. As...continued→
Posted December 28, 2011 by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
We change with time, and so do our communities. In some cases the evolution may seem lightning-fast, in others slow; in some cases change brings obvious improvement, but there is frequently something lost as well. Like it or not,...continued→
Posted December 28, 2011 by Damon Nagami in Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably
The clock is ticking down on 2011. In Los Angeles, this means time is running out for an industrial development firm to decide whether to exercise its option to purchase a key parcel of land along the Los Angeles...continued→
