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Imagining Ecocities
No car parking downtown except for emergency delivery and construction/maintenance vehicles. Equal population areas of Los Angeles and New York are radically different in physical size. We can see houses as homes, and so it should be with cities, but even more so. Lesson #2. Lesson #3. Something like our view from the hill top.
The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Is Population a Problem?
But recently, we’ve seen disparate views emerge as to how this population growth will affect the planet. The trial ahead is to strike the delicate compromise: between fewer people, and more people with fewer needs, in a new economy geared towards sustainability. Or is overconsumption the real planetary threat? It does not. Earths.
The Green Changemakers - Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Parking Lots to Parks: Designing Livable Cities
Credit: Andrew Larsen In response to these conditions, we are seeing the emergence of a new urbanism, a planning philosophy that environmentalist Francesca Lyman says “seeks to revive the traditional city planning of an era when cities were designed around human beings instead of automobiles.” by Lester R. By 2000, it was 2.8
The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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  • What's wrong with what we eat?
    In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk. subsequent New York Times article pursued the same argument.
    The Green Changemakers - Thursday, October 30, 2008
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  • Beyond Brita
    Source: The New York Times. Thankfully, there are some new solutions. . We all know bottled water is bad for the environment and your wallet.    . Here are some facts I pulled up:  . ·          We pay around 240 to over 10,000 times more per gallon for bottled water than we do for tap water. Source: Discovery Channel.
    Daily Danny - Friday, May 8, 2009
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  • Landfill Island? Eco Park? How About Both, Says Singapore
    by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 11. Though the details have yet to emerge, the purpose of the new eco park will be to foster research and development of renewable energy technology , and to investigate new applications for clean energy. Science & Technology Buzz up! Stay tuned.
    The Green Changemakers - Monday, November 17, 2008
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  • Another Capitalism is Possible? From world economic crisis to green capitalism
    The essays collected here document the social struggles at the heart of the existing energy sector, and trace the emerging alliances, conflicts, and hierarchies that are quickly defining the globally-expanding renewable energy sector. Sparking a World-wide Energy Revolution - Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post-Petrol World.
    The Green Changemakers - Friday, May 21, 2010
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  • Curitiba – Designing a sustainable city
    And green begets green; land values around the new parks have risen sharply, and with them tax revenues. Even new developments follow this pattern. This was the only good news to emerge, no agreement was reached to protect the Earth's biodiversity. Their counterparts in the New World, flourished, then collapsed. million.
    The Green Changemakers - Saturday, April 17, 2010
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  • Organic Turfs Don’t Cost More
    The report, prepared for members of the New York State legislature, concludes that the annual cost of maintaining a field using natural products and techniques can be as much as 25% lower than the cost of conventional programs using chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This is great news for schools across the state.&#.
    Green Life Smart Life - Friday, April 2, 2010
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  • Rooftop Garden Expected to Deliver 30 Tons of Local-Grown Produce
    There is the emergence of “staycationers” opting for the comforts of home this summer, a generation of restaurant regulars reverting back to frequent at-home dining. In New York City, private garden space, beyond window boxes, is at a premium and more than $1 billion in vegetables are imported into the city annually.
    Green Life Smart Life - Friday, June 26, 2009
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  • Parking Lots to Parks: Designing Livable Cities
    Credit: Andrew Larsen In response to these conditions, we are seeing the emergence of a new urbanism, a planning philosophy that environmentalist Francesca Lyman says “seeks to revive the traditional city planning of an era when cities were designed around human beings instead of automobiles.” by Lester R. By 2000, it was 2.8
    The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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  • TERRACYCLE WASTES NO TIME IN EXPANDING TO LONDON
    The announcement in New York coincides with Think London and UKTI’s North American business roadshow entitled the ‘Route to 2012’. Founded in 2001 by college freshman Tom Szaky, TerraCycle focuses on building a new, more responsible way of doing business. This successfully generated over 30 new business leads. link].
    Green (Living) Review - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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  • 5 of the Greenest Cities in the World to Visit
    Small electric freight vehicles require special permits, and some exceptions are made for emergency vehicles. And the place to stay is The Omnia , re-invented by New York-based architect Ali Tayar, and featured in Wallpaper* magazine. How would you like to visit a city with no fossil-fueled cars allowed? Image: Design Hotels 3.
    The Green Changemakers - Monday, June 22, 2009
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