Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Earlier this week I received a message from my friend R, whose opening sentence was "Every time I see something in your blog about good school locations, it looks like an elementary school." Hmmmm. I think she is...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
Last fall, I posted a two-part photo essay on school sprawl and the alternatives. As I wrote then (in Part 1), "schools used to be the heart of a neighborhood or community. Children and not a few teachers...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
There is a story on the GreenerBuildings website that the US Conference of Mayors has formed the Mayors' Alliance for Green Schools, which will work with the US Green Building Council toward the goal of making the nation's schools environmentally...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
When I left off yesterday, I showed a Google Earth image of an elementary school set on a lot isolated from its nearby community, some of whose kids might otherwise walk to school. Here's one that's even more isolated: For...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
How in the world did we get from this . . . To this? Even worse, why have we moved away from this . . . Just so we can build this? Schools used to...continued→
