Transport – May 14
Paul Krugman: Stranded in suburbia
Nissan plans electric car in U.S. by ’10
Diesel cars – promises and problems
Urban Design
Green industry hub rises from Rust Belt ruins
Innovators are making the Pittsburgh region an eco-showcase of the benefits of going green and bringing new hope to the economically depressed Rust Belt region. (Highly recommended. Excerpts – audio and video available)
Housing & transportation – May 12
Parking space as living space
Brentwood, poster child for housing bust
Krugman: We’re Number One! (in car use)
Extreme commutes
Bicycle sales up
Investors forget that transport companies run on oil
Cities and transport – May 11
Summitgoers push for sustainable cities
Gas prices send surge of riders to mass transit
Los Angeles: Fuel prices a driving force for change – away from autos
Planes fly more, emit less greenhouse gas
Community solutions – May 10
Many hands make light work of saving energy
Community gardens grow communities
Biodegradable home products, ready to rot
Building an ecologically sensible home
Outposts – May 9
Peak oil task force for Bellingham, Wash.
‘Peak oil’ is here. Now what? (R.I.)
Dream of cohesive Cascadia never dies
The peak oil crisis: transiting to transit
With crude oil now above $120 a barrel and threatening to go higher, it is clear that our preferred and convenient means of going places, our car, the airplane and the rental car soon are going to be parked because they will be too expensive to operate.
Food & agriculture – May 6
‘Zero mile diet’ blooms in BC – gardening boom
City neighborhoods loss of supermarkets
Billions at risk from wheat super-blight
World food crisis: sources and solutions
The world’s food insecurity – echoes of 70s
Innovation – May 6
When homes have ‘envirodashboards’
Tech CEO Council’s Mehlman: IT efficiency
Infrastructure to encourage survival technologies
Urban design – May 6
WaPo: Fighting global warming block by block
City of Swiss-style hill villages envisioned for Vancouver
Bellingham planning for PO
Are livable cities just a dream?
Transport – May 3
Your private air travel options are growing
Airlines reducing speeds to save fuel
Officials overestimate growth in vehicle travel
Housing & urban design – May 3
Guardian: Suburbs could be on the way out
Melbourne: A city on the edge
Cities of the future, today
