Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Last week, I had the honor of speaking to the Indiana chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects on the subject of sustainable communities. I enjoy this sort of thing, and when I have time - as I did...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
By the time you read this, yours truly will be in Paris, and not for work, thank you very much. We always make a point of staying within easy walking distance of Paris's wonderful park, the Jardin du Luxembourg. ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
The Sundance Channel currently has a neat series of 2-minute perspectives on the High Line, the city's elevated-railway-turned-cool-linear-park. The one just below is narrated by Adrian Benape, the city's parks commissioner. I particularly like what he has to say about...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
My friends at the Trust for Public Land have a new report on the relationship between city parks and the big role that we need cities to play in reducing our overall environmental impacts. Parks are especially important to disadvantaged...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
(I am honored today to present another guest post from Rachel Sohmer, one of my smart growth colleagues here at NRDC.) Did you catch the New York Times article about tiny parks tucked among the concrete of Midtown Manhattan? It...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Last week my longtime NRDC colleague Eric Goldstein posted a blog entry highlighting five laudable environmental sites (green apples) and five awful ones (bad apples). Eric got it right as usual. I am particularly a fan of his because, like...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
This post is going to be about city and neighborhood parks, but first I need to set the context: Fortunately for the planet, a lot of people in the world of planning, transportation and development have figured out that we...continued→
