Livability News - Beyond
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Envisioning an energy efficient society
Interview with Amory Lovins
Worldchanging interviews physicist Amory Lovins about ready solutions to greatly expanding our energy efficiency.
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Virginia: build grids, not cul-de-sacs
State approves sweeping reform
State requires new subdivisions to build narrower streets and improve connectivity, or else it will not maintain the roadways.
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Per person, CO2 emissions in cities lower than national average
Consumption still major issue
City dwellers in most developed countries produce far fewer carbon emissions than national per capita levels, according to a recent…
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On heels of recovery, TOD will regain momentum
ULI speakers plan for upswing
The economic collapse has dealt a blow to real estate development, including transit-oriented development, but speakers at the Urban Land…
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Major slowdown in migration to outer DC suburbs
Inner burbs growing faster
The pattern of steady population movement from Washington DC’s inner suburbs to less expensive homes in its outer suburbs over…
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TOD investment group to build transit village in Denver
Houston interest growing
The TOD Group, a real estate investment management firm focused on transit-oriented development, recently purchased a 21-acre property just outside…
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Amsterdam moves fast on energy efficiency
Conversion to "smart grid"
A new program in Amsterdam is investing quickly and heavily in the idea that cities can do much to cut…
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NY initiative supports local farmers who protect water resources
Program informs consumers
Through a program between Catskill farmers and the Watershed Agriculture Council, New York City metro residents who buy “Pure Catskills”-branded…
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How metros could save our economy
Local prosperity for a nation
The vast majority of the US population resides and works in metropolitan regions, and the long-term prosperity of our nation…
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First Lady breaks ground on White House ‘kitchen garden’
Schoolkids take part
Michelle Obama and twenty-six Washington, DC elementary schoolchildren gathered today on the White House South Lawn to break ground on…
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Commentary
Alexis Madrigal
Mobile devices could lead to more city living.
William S. Lind
The libertarian/Republican policy of opposing public transportation, especially rail, is wrong.
Joe Romm
Responses to global warming can be measured on a continuum between real adaptation and rhetorical adaptation.
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