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‘LEED’ For Buildings. ‘SITES’ For Landscapes.
While green-building standards associated with LEED have expanded sustainable development, a more recent program called the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) has been developed and implemented to address outdoor landscapes and environments. Like LEED, sites can earn points through a rating system for … Continue reading
Urban Farming in New York City
What do Brooklyn Grange, Added Value, Tenth Acre Farms, Urban Farm at Battery, and Gotham Greens all have in common? They are 5 of the leading urban agricultural projects in New York City. They all share a similar goal, in … Continue reading
IKEA Continues Its Initiative To Be Environmentally Responsible
IKEA, a Swedish company greatly noted for its ready-to-assemble home furniture, continues to stick to its commitment to the environment. The company has already installed a variety of sustainable technologies in a number of its locations, such as solar water heating … Continue reading
The Most Sustainable Cities On Earth
The following five cities share an astounding characteristic: (1) Vancouver, Canada (2) San Francisco, United States (3) Oslo, Norway (4) Curitiba, Brazil and (5) Copenhagen, Denmark THEY ARE THE TOP FIVE MOST SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN THE WORLD! This would not have … Continue reading
Has our focus on housing distracted us?
Towards a Right to Space Photo Credit: Kerwin Datu Does everyone in a community have a right to space? For some that space can include a residential space, an educational space, and a work space. This may seem quite … Continue reading
Posted in Population Growth
Tagged Design, employment, growth, India, issues, land use planning, Mumbai, Planning, policy, population, property rights, residential, spaces, urban planning
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“How the Dutch Got Such Great Bike Paths”
Nowadays, the health-benefits to both commuters and the environment from the Netherlands’s bike culture are a testament to the power of bike paths in transforming communities and community members — both inside and out. Check out the entire article here through … Continue reading
Posted in Green Infrastructure
Tagged bicycling, bike lane, bike paths, cycling, dutch, Environment, Green Sprawl, Hembrow, infrastructure, Netherlands, policy, Sustainability, Sustainable, transportation
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Grant Money in New Jersey for Proposals That Entail Urban Greening and Sustainability
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has “nurtured people, ideas, and institutions which transcend self-interest and contribute to a sustainable human society and the environment which shelters it” for over 30 years. In 2011 alone, the foundation created 233 grants totaling in $10.5 million … Continue reading
Bike Share Programs: Green Transportation–> Green Transformation
Using case studies to influence decision making is a valuable tool for successfully moving forward in a variety of planning, developmental, and policy contexts. In shedding light on bike share programs, it is both practical and exciting to draw the … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized, Urban Planning
Tagged bicycling, bike share, cyclist, france, future, green transportation, new york city, nycgov, paris, Planning, policy, Sustainability, transportation, velib'
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