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LEED-ND issues
Submitted by Steve Mouzon on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 1:44pmNora Beck asked me to post some of my thoughts about the LEED-ND rating system in advance of the upcoming member ballot.
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Have you logged into cnu.org lately?
Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 1:36pmThe upcoming LEED-ND Member Ballot will be conducted through the cnu.org website.... read more »
Making Smart Urbanism Even Greener with LID
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:25amMy NRDC colleague Rachel Sohmer has produced a wonderful slide show illustrating how low-impact-development techniques for reducing stormwater runoff (sometimes called "green infrastructure") can succ
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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 - 4:22pmI 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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"Shrinking Cities": Let's Be Careful What We Wish For
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:51amReaders of a certain age will remember Joni's Mitchell's iconic anthem "Woodstock," celebrating the famous 1969 music festival (which, incidentally, she did not attend, but I digress).
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Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 8:49amI 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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Climate Action Plans: Seeking cities integrating land-use planning
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 3:12pmI'm looking for examples of cities that are doing a good job of integrating land-use planning and transportation planning into their municipal climate-action plans. Austin is not!
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3/4-power law
Submitted by norabeck on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 8:44amInteresting guest column in the New York Times on Tuesday, May 19, titled "Math and the City" by Steven Strogatz.... read more »
Federal Stimulus Threatened to Overrun Small Town with Sprawl
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 11:59amAs most readers of CNU's site know only too well, the federal government has a history of subsidizing sprawl, wittingly or not.
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Giving New Meaning to “Green Transit”
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 12:30pmIn the US, we tend to think of public transportation as inherently green, which of course it is compared to our addiction to driving.
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