green urbanism

Planners say entire neighborhoods, not individual buildings, key to payoff of green principles Charlotte Business Journal - July 6, 2007 by Bea Quirk "One of the basic principles of ecology is that everything is connected -- that no part of the environment exists in a vacuum. ... read more »

Urban Land - May 2007 - Feature “‘Try it, you’ll like it’ is better than ‘Do this even though it hurts because it’s good for the planet.’” The Green Quotient Q&A with Hank Dittmar ... read more »

A cluster of comments emerged as a common theme about simple ways to win support for environmentally-sound projects. ... read more »

Water in jail. They call them “detention basins” for a reason. ... read more »

The following essay by John Norquist, President and CEO of CNU, appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, May 17, 2007. ... read more »

In a previous posting, I scratched the surface in describing how traditional, mixed-use urban neighborhoods help slow global warming. I provided a link to a slideshow by Hank Dittmar, a great map on cities and CO2 production from the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, and promised to provide summ... read more »

This video isn't your daddy's view of New Urbanism. But amid the quick cuts and other cool effects, it does a nice job of introducing viewers to New Urbanism. Just now breaking ground (and already so pre-sold that it's generating a long waiting list) Oshara appears to be an emerging exemplar of gree... read more »