Andrea Nocito
Competition Rewards Southeast Communities for Efficiency Action
SEEA offers $500,000 to cities that develop energy efficiency plans and build community support.»
Voices That Matter 
Red Green and Blue
Beyond 2050, Will Population Implode?
As birthrates fall, a young and shrinking workforce might have to support armies of the elderly.»
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Andrea Nocito
Sustaining the Garden State |
Thanks to some corporate funding and a program to support the environment, 14 cities across New Jersey are going green.» | |
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John Gartner
Cul De Sac Sprawl Leads Nowhere |
Suburban sprawl is expensive and has a huge carbon footprint, according to research from the Congress for the New Urbanism.» | |
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John Gartner
Economy Stalls Development of Sustainable City |
Sun-soaked Mesa Del Sol, a city planned for green living, temporarily falls victim to the sour economy.» | |
Emily Setzer
Eco-Communities Come to North America
Cities planned for Florida and Alberta will put North America on the green city map.»
Andrea Nocito
San Diego Recognized for Stepping Up Sustainable Efforts
A San Diego program ups the city's sustainability cred and wins USGBC's LEED 2008 communities award.»
Emily Setzer
Masdar City to Showcase Latest GE Clean Innovations
General Electric will incorporate the latest energy efficiency and water conservation technologies into the Ecoimagination Centre in Masdar City.»
Andrea Nocito
Green Home to Set Example for Efficiency
A Rhode Island family builds their green dream home to show how it can be done.»
News That Matters
Inhabitat
Rezoning the 'Burbs for a Sustinable Future
Inhabitat's ReBurbia contest highlights ideas for greening sprawling communities, including changing zoning laws to allow integrated residential-business use.»
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AlterNet
Plan Would Raize Blighted Cities, Let Nature Run Wild |
The government is considering copying a plan to bulldoze Flint, Michigan, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature.» | |
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Inhabitat
Milan’s Stunning Green Super City |
Milano Santa Monica will be a self-contained development employing principles of bio-architecture in addition to photovoltaic panels and solar-thermal water heaters to cut down on energy use.» | |
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EcoLocalizer
Cities as the Solution, Not the Problem |
Jaime Lerner is obsessed with cities. Specifically, he is obsessed with improving their sustainability through urban planning.» | |
Inhabitat
San Francisco's Sustainable Civic Center
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently announced an incredible plan to transform the city’s Civic Center into a sustainable resource district.»
Environment News Service
Buffalo's Brownfield Turns Green
Following a $13.5 million environmental restoration, a new shoreline trail that opens a prime section of Buffalo's Outer Harbor is now ready for the public.»
Edmunds' Green Car Advisor
Think Car-Less Downtowns Won't Work?
A (temporarily) car-free Park Avenue in New York City full of pedestrians proves that people are happy to get out of their vehicles and help clean up the air.»
Inhabitat
Greening Downtown LA
Amidst an endless expanse of concrete and asphalt, Park 101 looks to provide Los Angeles with a much needed green space atop a half-mile length of the infamous 101 Hollywood Freeway.»
Environment News Service
How-To Manual for Large Cities to Build Climate Resilience
A United Nations-World Bank report released this week offers advice on how to make large cities located near rivers and seas more resistant to the effects of global warming.»