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Young, Educated, & Urban - a guest post by Sharon McMillan, the New Urban Mom
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 9:25amSharon McMillan is the voice behind NewUrbanMom.com. The following is a guest post from her and examines the urban-minded values that have been instilled in the emerging Millennial generation:
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Archeworks Now Accepting Applications
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 9:30amThe following post comes from our friends at Archeworks. Archeworks is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary design organization dedicated to envisioning and advancing a better quality of life through design. See below for information regarding their upcoming open application process for their 201... read more »
John Norquist to Speak at Northwestern University Summit on Sustainability
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 2:24pmThe Northwestern University Summit On Sustainability (NU SOS) is a conference that calls on college students and sustainability leaders to think critically about their work while building a community to advance social justice and sustainability.
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Get Your CNU-Accreditation NOW!
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 9:04amIn partnership with the University of Miami School of Architecture, CNU has developed a certification program for members that distinguishes them as CNU-Accredited. CNU-A is an impressive way for members to highlight their expertise and knowledge of New Urbanist principles and stand out among the ma... read more »
The Wilderness Downtown
Submitted by MattBerggren on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:42amA few weeks ago Arcade Fire released their new album, The Suburbs. Now the band has teamed up with Google to create an HTML5 music video. But this isn't any old music video. Featuring the song "We Used To Wait," the video combines the music of Arcade Fire with Google Maps and Google Street View imag... read more »
The Sustainable Communities Initiative
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 1:57pmThe Sustainable Communities Initiative
View article with images, formatting, links and comments at http://blog.sustainableindustries.com/category/built-environment/
MaryVogel | July 21, 2010
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Financing the Evolution of the Built Environment
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 4:27pmFinancing the Evolution of the Built Environment http://shar.es/mKI1F
MaryVogel | June 21, 2010 originally posted to Sustainable Industries blog where it has photos and links
"I suppose it was a tragic thing that the New Urbanists made themselves hostage to the same banking system that was behin... read more »
#CNU18 Finding the right political language
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:23pmIs "livability" a reckless extravagance under current economic conditions? Too purely aesthetic? Not practical enough? And what about "sustainability"? It's become the accepted language of many in the political class, as well as enlightened designers and builders. But it's not everybody's language.
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Water Usage by Land Use
Submitted by mhathorne on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 5:34pmI am trying to dig up some information about averages of water usage based on different land uses. Does anyone have any information along these lines that they could share?
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Beloved and Abandoned: A Platting Named Portland - read before Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 11:19amFor those coming to the CNU Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland, OR http://www.cnu.org/transportation2009, I'd like to recommend that you read the discussion on Planetizen titled Beloved and Aba
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