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James Kunstler, a renowned writer and a long-time expert on city planning, suburbia, sustainable development (in particular, New Urbanism), and peak oil, goes into depth on the worldwide peak oil crisis we are starting to face. His most well-known books…
There’s an exciting announcement out this week — the “first net-zero affordable community” is supposed to break ground on September 14th in Jerseyville, IL. It looks like a wonderful project in that 32 single-family homes renting for only $590 per…
Hurricane Katrina is off most people’s minds these days, but a recent story on Green Building Elements brought my attention to the ongoing work there and one great success story. A couple years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Brad…
Rit Aggarwala, who previously led the PlaNYC 2030 sustainability agenda as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability, is off to California to live happily ever after with his new bride. Replacing him in NYC is long-time Portland city and regional planning superstar David Bragdon.
I love this idea. Sort of obvious once you think about it, but hardly considered or discussed when talking about ways to reduce climate change, obesity, driving, and so on. Why do people think life in the suburbs sounds so…