Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
"Sustainable communities" was the phrase of the day at the annual symposium of the American Institute of Certified Planners, held last week at the National Building Museum. Federal officials from the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Carol Coletta, head of the national network CEOs for Cities and host of the weekly radio show Smart City, writes on Good Magazine's web site: "It is increasingly clear that the old American dream is shattered, and we need...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment
As some of you probably know, Smarter Cities is an initiative that ranks US cities on a number of key sustainability criteria as well as on overall sustainability. The system has been developed, managed and staffed independently of NRDC, but...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
As I've been writing, two weeks ago California governor Schwarzenegger signed landmark legislation to reduce global warming emissions through smarter regional planning and development. This is exciting news for everyone interested in building better communities and more sensible patterns...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
On September 26 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, the Congress for the New Urbanism will host Sustainability 2008:"Join a group of foremost green experts in exploring the field that will determine the future of our cities...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Over the weekend my colleague on the LEED for Neighborhood Development Core Committee, Ken Potts, e-mailed me and others about another of the country’s historic movie houses at risk of demolition. It wouldn’t take all that much money to save it: ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Warning: serious policy-wonk blog entry coming up. This week’s enactment by Congress of a 35-mpg vehicle efficiency standard, using a formula that includes SUVs and other so-called “light trucks” (most of the SUVs I see aren’t hauling anything more than the driver...continued→
