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International Work on Role of Cities in Climate Change
Submitted by sbranca on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 11:49pm.Cities and climate change is of particular interest to me and I think a more organized or systematic approach to it is needed, especially when national governments (I won't name names) are providing s
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"Rogue of the Week" award from Portland's muckraking weekly
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 3:14pm.Those coming to the CNU Transportation Summit in Portland next week may want to check out the "Rogue of the Week" award from Portland's muckraking weekly Willamette Week at http://wweek.com/columns/ro
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Let's lead the paradigm shift in landscape design and bring back ecosystem services
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 9:22pm.I rode my bike the few blocks down SW 10th Street in Portland to the Pearl District to take in the excitement of First Thursday gallery openings on a warm summer evening.
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Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 1:49pm.I recently ran across a terrific post on T. Caine's sustainability blog Intercon extolling climate change policy to get on the smart growth bandwagon.
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#CNU17 Selling the Green Urban Advantage - Hard Truths About Getting the Word Out
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 11:33pm.New Urbanists are going to have to be part of the effort to shrink America's carbon footprint, reduce VMT, and hold the line on climate change. But they're going to have to do it without talking about carbon, VMT, or climate change.
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Selling The Green Urban Advantage
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 8:27pm.Here's the condensed takeaway of this #CNU17 session: If CNU wants to have an impact on climate change, it needs to communicate with the public in something other than wonk-planner-insider speak.
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#cnu17 Lizz Plater-Zyberk on Coping With Climate Change
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 9:37pm.The climate change discussion always makes Lizz Plater-Zyberk think of two different aphorisms, she said Wednesday during the DPZ pre-Congress workshop on "Settlements for the 21st Century."
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Environmental-Minded Limits on Growth Can Actually Fuel Climate Change
Submitted by sberner on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 6:27pm.In a recent article found in the San Francisco Chronicle, John King discusses the impact that global warming holds on the Bay Area.
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Write Your Senator Today on the Lieberman-Warner Bill!
Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 06/05/2008 - 3:46pm.As the senate continues debate on the Lieberman-Warner Bill today, please consider sending a message to your Senator in support of the bill, but also urge them to increase the proport
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Canons for Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism on line at cnu.org/canons
Submitted by HDittmar on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 11:01pm.Elizabeth Moule, Stefanos Polyzoides and I
presented a document at the Green Council that was intended to serve
as a lesser companion to the Charter in the area of green urbanism and
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