Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
This is not your father's DOT. A couple of days ago I wrote a post on the remarkable (and now three-agency) partnership on sustainable communities within the Obama administration. Secretaries Ray LaHood (DOT) and Shaun Donovan (HUD) and Administrator Lisa...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Later this week, I am going to be participating with my friend David Dixon and marketing whiz Laurie Volk in a seminar on development density at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Architects. Our session is titled "Making...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I have periodically written on the theme of buildings claiming to be "green" when they aren't, really, because their location causes more problems than their on-site technology solves. (For an example, see my post about a new corporate headquarters in...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
I just read a terrific new report on green buildings developed by EPA's Midwestern (Chicago) region office. Titled Removing Market Barriers to Green Development, the report thoroughly documents the state of green building practice in the US today and...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→
