Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
New York magazine featured a great story last week on school overcrowding in Manhattan. What struck me -- aside from concerns about how my own kid might fare -- was this passage about the city's failure to anticipate that New...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day, which is part of National Bike Month, coinciding with Bike Month NYC here in the Big Apple, and I have to admit that it's all making me feel a bit guilty. Last summer,...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Everyone seems to be having fun reading the revamped whitehouse.gov website today and seeing what it says about their top priorities.After writing about the challenges of communicating smart growth earlier today, I was curious what the new Obama administration would...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
"Smart growth" isn't an easy term to explain. And I speak from experience here. For several years, I covered the growth and development beat at The Charlotte Observer, at a time when Charlotte, N.C., was one of the fastest-growing places...continued→
