Local efforts – May 13
Rotterdam wants to halve CO2-emissions
Brisbane: Back to the drawing board for PO and climate change
UK”s Brown to build five eco towns
Local Oregon experts discuss ways to stop climate change
Urban Design
Transport – May 11
Monbiot: Air traffic out of control
Flights reach record levels despite warnings over climate change
Frenetic lifestyle puts the boots to leisurely strolls
Urban design – May 8
No-walking blues (in suburban sprawl)
Cycling good in Cascadia, Europe’s better
Spain balks at corrupt urbanization
Moving New York City toward sustainable energy independence
How creation of an Energy Shortage Plan will prepare New York City for energy price volatility and accelerate the long-term transition to energy sustainability. (50-page report)
Housing and urban – May 7
Kunstler: Compost nation
Carbon trading and why it will hit home (multi-generational housing)
Better-heeled failing home economics too (foreclosures)
Transport – May 7
Binge-flying culture
Qantas sale: flying blind into turbulent times
A two-wheeled option (with battery) for commuters
Taking our time off – slower vacations
Your car + your commute = A visit to your doctor
My green creds are greener than yours!
So, here’s a little “mole” for anyone who condescends based on one’s hue of green. The contributions of all of us are needed to stabilize patient Earth’s life-support systems.
Housing & urban – Apr 23
Where we live may be to blame for obesity
Corporate subsidies that feed sprawl
New book: How Green is Your City?
Housing & urban – Apr 19
Model of urban future: Jersey City?
Top 10 US cities in use of renewable energy
Dysfunction – Apr 15
The new suburban poverty
Death in cyburbia
Unprovoked beatings of homeless soaring
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 15
A manifesto for sustainability in design
PO/climate fiction: A Friend of the Earth
She used to get mad…now she’s getting even: Katharine Hamnett and ethical fashion
Citified suburbs becoming model for Bay Area
Food & agriculture – Apr 9
Britain’s green revolution on the home front
Edible City: Part 2
The fruited plain: corn boom-and-bust
