Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Every summer, Boston's Asian Community Development Corporation has been hosting an informal grassroots Asian film festival in a vacant lot near the city's Chinatown Gate. The final night this year (above) was held in the nearby Chinatown Park. As...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
"Denver wants to be the kind of place that brings a lot of innovative ideas," says Denver mayor John Hickenlooper. "What could be more innovative than to build a totally green, pre-fab, multiple- unit community on the site...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I want to do a new series of occasional posts on greening the urban density that we need for sustainable growth. And I can think of no better way to kick it off than with this 5-minute video featuring my...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
My friends at the Trust for Public Land have a new report on the relationship between city parks and the big role that we need cities to play in reducing our overall environmental impacts. Parks are especially important to disadvantaged...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
This is awesome. Here is an excerpt from yesterday's joint press release: "WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a new partnership to...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Not long ago, I came across a neat story of a conversion of a trailer park in Charlottesville into mixed-income housing, using the long rectangular form common to mobile homes as its design foundation. It was inspirational. Today I...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
The MacArthur Foundation is investing $150 million to demonstrate that preserving and improving affordable rental housing is a smart and cost-effective strategy for promoting community stability and sustainability. At the center of this effort is a $32.5 million investment in...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
My wonky post continues . . . Yesterday I wrote about a remarkable, data-rich new study from the Urban Land Institute (in partnership with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Center for Housing Policy) analyzing the impact of location...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably
Warning: very wonky post coming up. Last year, I posted a couple of times (here and here) about how the costs of driving turn what one might think are affordable areas to live into expensive ones. The Center for...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Where I grew up, a lot of people lived in mobile homes, as a way to enter the housing market at an affordable price. Still do. And now there is some fascinating new thinking about how to make such...continued→
