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March 08th, 2009

EarthTalk: What Is The “Green Cities” Movement?

Dear EarthTalk: What is the “green cities” movement?
Best described as a loose association of cities focused on sustainability, the emerging “green cities movement” encompasses thousands of urban areas around the world all striving to lessen their environmental impacts by reducing waste, expanding recycling, lowering emissions, increasing housing density while expanding open space, and encouraging [...]

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October 20th, 2008

SustainLane’s 2008 City Ranking – How Sustainable Is Your City?

I know my “city” isn’t on here, as we only have a few thousand people here, but your city might be. SustainLane released their 2008 U.S. City Sustainability Rankings, which ranks the 50 most-populous cities on urban sustainability. Their rankings “gauge, for instance, which cities’ public transit, renewable energy, local food, and development approaches are [...]

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October 13th, 2008

City Vs. Country – Which Is More Eco-Friendly?

Left: Los Angeles, CA Right: Taos, NM

It’s a pretty common discussion amongst us environmentalists – which is more eco-friendly, living in the city or living in the country? While there are points for both locations, I was giving this some thought the other day now that I live in a small mountain town of only [...]

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