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New numbers prove smart growth reduces CO2, cost-effectively

June 22, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capandtrade, CCAP, climatechange, globalwarming, markettransformation, sb375, smartgrowth, sprawl, transportation

For the most part, the climate change establishment - whether in government, industry, or the environmental community - has ignored the potential of land use strategies to provide significant reductions in carbon emissions while also producing multiple other environmental, economic,...continued

LISC webcast on climate change, smart neighborhoods, and sustainable places

October 12, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
affordablehousing, climatechange, communitydevelopment, greenbuilding, LISC, smartgrowth, Sustainable South Bronx

  One of my favorite organizations, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, hosts webcasts from time to time, and on Wednesday at 2pm eastern the subject will be smart, sustainable community development.  I will be one of the panelists.  Here's the...continued

More on St. Louis

June 26, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cities, climatechange, downtown, flooding, redevelopment, smartgrowth, st.louis

 Last week I wrote about the extraordinary restoration of the Old North Saint Louis neighborhood.  This week, my thoughts have been more on the massive flooding that has come to the Mississippi River valley, including areas close to Saint Louis. ...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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