Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Medieval cities are almost by definition models of smart growth: built a long time prior to the automobile age, and built to be self-reliant and defensible, they tend to be highly walkable, dense, and self-contained with many if...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
A great story is emerging in Rose Town, Jamaica, a community in the process of being reborn with the help of HRH the Prince of Wales and The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment. My very favorite...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
For me, a post about Dubai (the amazing pace of construction shown above) must begin with some thoughts about Las Vegas and about the king of rock'n'roll, who performed in that city often and whose impersonators there remain legion. ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Is it any wonder that neighbors continue to oppose density (oops, I meant "compact development") when this is what we have been giving them? We smart growth advocates have gotten lazy. The issue has evolved in the last decade but,...continued→
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
Barry Didcock, a contributor to Glasgow's Sunday Herald, seems to think it can. Me, I don't know that architecture can set my soul "free," exactly, but I believe it can indeed be soul-stirring and soul-nourishing. The question arises...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
The more the merrier, and one only wonders what took them so long. Back in March, the Obama administration announced an exciting new partnership between the federal transportation and housing & urban development departments to pursue together an agenda for...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
Michael Abbaté is director of urban planning and design for Gresham, Oregon, a suburb on Portland's MAX light rail line that is attempting to create a smarter, greener and more sustainable community for its residents and visitors. He is a...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
This is the final installment of three parts that I have been writing on the new LEED for Neighborhood Development standards, which are open for public comment until June 14. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. Today I am...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
As I wrote yesterday, the LEED for Neighborhood Development partnership (US Green Building Council, Congress for the New Urbanism, and NRDC, representing the smart growth community) has published a fully revised set of standards for public comment. Comments will be...continued→
