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Sustainable Cities Collective
http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/
Sustainable Cities Collective is a collaborative blog covering city planning, green architecture, and issues surrounding urban sustainability.
- Added on: Oct 20th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Mark Lazen
- Listed in: Green Architecture
- Tags: Alternative Energy green building public transportation leed urban economics community planning
Recent Posts
Best Planning, Architecture Books of the Year
Planetizen announced its ninth annual list of the ten best books on urban planning, design and development. This year, Planetizen based its list on ” a number of criteria, including editorial reviews,......
Contractors Need Green Building Contracts Too
We previously reviewed a green building contract that can be used to manage the architect-owner relationship. But what about contractors? As a member of the AGC ConsensusDOCS committee, I had the pl......
EPA to Regulate Greenhouse Gases in Big Boost for Copenhagen
EPA Adminstrator Lisa Jackson and President ObamaThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced today that EPA will regulate greenhouse gases as a dangerous pollutan......
The 2 Absolute Truths of Mountain Top Mining
A lawsuit was recently settled between two environmental groups and a mining company over whether the coal company can continue the practice of filling of parts of valleys with excess rock and other m......
Food stamps at Farmer\'s Markets: Supporting the Local Economy and Helping Residents Eat Healthy
If you haven't been keeping up and do not use food stamps, you may not know that the once colorful slips of paper have been replaced by electronic cards, similar to credit cards. In theory, these card......
Review: Megaregions, Edited by Catherine L. Ross
“The long-term utility of the megaregion as a distinct planning scale is still unproven. Does the megaregional approach confront or evade the core planning issues of equity, democracy, livability, ec......
