Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
For me, a post about Dubai (the amazing pace of construction shown above) must begin with some thoughts about Las Vegas and about the king of rock'n'roll, who performed in that city often and whose impersonators there remain legion. ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Want to assess or reduce your carbon footprint? Ever wondered how rail travel compares to, say, a Prius when it comes to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, on a per-passenger-mile basis? If so, GOOD magazine has a chart...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Portland, Oregon has become such a recognized model of progressive planning and development that people like me are actually discouraged from talking about the region in professional circles. "Everybody already knows about Portland," the line goes. I don't think that everybody already...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
According to a story in the New York Times:“METTAWA, Ill. — HSBC, the giant London-based bank, has moved its North American headquarters to a sprawling facility that it bills as carbon neutral in this hamlet about 30 miles north of...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I’m not sure I quite understand the fervent passion of what seems to be a full-fledged movement to get consumers to buy and eat local, but I can think of some very good reasons to do just that. For...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
With the federal government and an effective majority in Congress utterly unwilling to address global warming in any meaningful way, we must turn to states and localities for leadership. It doesn't get any more local than Greensburg, Kansas. After Greensburg was...continued→
