Housing & urban design – Sept 24
The Conversation: How do we become less dependent?
Low-Income Housing: Another Crisis Looming?
Mitchell Joachim: Redesign Cities From Scratch
Urban Design
Housing & urban design – Sept 20
Ecocities emerging
For good neighbours, live in a quiet, car-free street
Rejoice! It’s time to reclaim the car park
Transport – Sept 19
Greening the dream that drives America
Why the gasoline engine isn’t going away any time soon
All-electric vehicles no magic bullet: scientist
Creativity helps Rochester’s transit system turn a profit
How to reduce global fuel consumption by 75 percent
The car is dying; it’s the age of the bike
Urban design & energy use – Sept 18
An engineer examines a town’s energy future
The carbon footprint of research at Caltech
Visit low-carbon Honolulu, only 2,500 miles away!
Energy issues – Sept 18
WSJ special section on energy
Physicists: U.S. could cut oil use with better houses, cars
Physicists to unveil major energy efficiency plan(video)
Going local – Sept 18
Boise group takes a “buy local” philosophy to another level
Aussie Web site urges moms to swap, not shop
Changing the world from home: the relocalization movement
The Gathering Inn: bed, breakfast, and beyond
Preparing for energy descent… A genuine, traditional village
Housing & urban design – Sept 18
Kunstler: Twilight of the mall era
Australia coastal development at sea over climate
Mud, glorious mud: Homes made of earth
Hobbit house saved from demolition
Physicists: Energy efficiency crucial
Eliminating wasted energy from automobiles, homes and businesses is equivalent to tapping a hidden energy reserve that will help the United States improve its energy security and reduce global warming, an American Physical Society (APS) study panel concluded in a major report released today.
Transport – Sept 15
Big break for ‘pay-as-you-drive’ auto insurance
Mapping a connected world
Sydney bus system heading for a crash
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 12
Transition Towns in the Guardian
… in the Christian Science Monitor
Thou shalt go green (evangelicals and PO)
On the transformative potential of community-scale food production
Wherever I lay my hat
Housing & urban design – September 11
Why Not in America?
eBook Review: Simple Solar Homesteading (or How to Build a Solar Home For $2000)
Wherever I lay my hat (the rise of couch surfing)
Housing & urban design – September 8
Reaching back beyond the 1970s: Relocalization
Urban surprise: More bicyclists means fewer accidents
Creating our own neighborhood – Bellingham Cohousing
