Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Earlier this month I began a series of posts about Indianapolis's Smart Growth Redevelopment District, which I have had the honor of advising. The area in question is a distressed part of the city, two miles northeast of...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
One of the casualties of the recession has been that some decent urban development, the kind that we want to buttress cities and support more environmentally benign living patterns, has been put on hold. So empty lots remain vacant...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably
Warning: this is a long one. Readers of a certain age will remember Joni's Mitchell's iconic anthem "Woodstock," celebrating the famous 1969 music festival (which, incidentally, she did not attend, but I digress). The song became a monster hit for...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment
I was introduced to Brian Ulrich's haunting photos of dead malls and big-box stores by a slide show in the current issue of Time. As Bryan Walsh's story "Recycling the Suburbs" (one of "10 ideas for changing the world...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Last night, President Obama spoke of turning difficulty into opportunity on a grand scale. But the grand scale comprises many smaller, local stories where we must also do our best to do the same. In particular, in...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Because of various remembrances of Dr. King on Monday, I reminded myself that no one has been hurt by sprawl more than low-income, inner-city, frequently minority populations. When jobs and investment have fled to new pastures (literally), their neighborhoods have...continued→
