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 Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
By and large, the environmental community - including my own organization - has put far more resources into making our vehicle fleet more efficient than into reducing our dependence on driving through better land use. While we need to...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The good news, as I've reported before, is that there are some very encouraging numbers: transit ridership is increasing dramatically, while overall vehicle travel remains in decline after decades of astounding growth. Recent data show use of public transportation...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Last week I took a look at some of the best places that I've highlighted in this blog. Today, I'd like to add another end-of-year indulgence, and highlight some of my favorite stories from the blog, apart from the...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Herewith, readers, some of my very favorite smart, livable places that are contributing positively to the environment, as I've written about them over the past year. When NRDC's Ian Wilker first approached me about blogging, I'm sure that neither...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
As a longtime and very committed resident of DC, I often barely recognize the place that the media are talking about when they comment on "Washington." To listen to them, we are all about politics - not even policy, just politics...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Take a look at these foreclosure maps of metro Houston and Denver, respectively. In Houston, the larger and darker dots indicate locations with more foreclosures; in Denver, the red areas have the most foreclosures: (There is an interactive...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
There is no way we should be settling for, or applauding, this . . . When we should be advocating this: It is time to take smart growth advocacy beyond "smart growth" as we have been defining it. ...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→
