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This 9/11, urban communities remember and serve 0
Posted 2 months ago By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Rev. Lennox Yearwood
In honor of those who died on 9/11, community groups are holding more than 100 Green the Block service events around the country.
Grow your farmer ...

USDA to unveil “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative 2
Posted 2 months ago By Ken Meter
As I prepare for five days of announcements next week, when USDA plans to unveil its new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative, the buzz across my desk is about the potential for urban agriculture.
from the sacred to the profane

Wal-Mart’s history of destroying sacred sites 1
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Sue Sturgis
A re-consecration ceremony was held this past weekend at a damaged Indian mound in Oxford, Ala.
Laws of physics were made to be broken

Competition dreams up new ways to harass suburbanites 1
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago By Adam Stein
Dwell magazine and Inhabitat have teamed up to sponsor a “Reburbia” competition in which designers re-envision suburbia in ways that make environmentalists seem as scary and dingbatty as possible.
It's sprawl over?

Alabama city backing away from destruction of ancient Indian mound? 2
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago By Sue Sturgis
Following local protests and international outcry, the city of Oxford, Ala. appears to be backing away from plans to destroy an ancient and archaeologically significant Indian mound.
Sprawling Over the Past

Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for Sam’s Club 4
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago By Sue Sturgis
City leaders in Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruction of a 1,500-year-old Native American ceremonial mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam's Club, a retail warehouse store operated by Wal-Mart.
Are new nuclear plants the answer? No.

Oh, those sexy building codes: More powerful than 100 nuclear plants 2
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago By Edward Mazria
All of the other emissions-reduction approaches in the House climate bill pale in comparison to what the building energy codes will accomplish. Without them, we simply cannot meet the greenhouse-gas emissions reduction targets called for in the bill. We won't even come close.
little green houses for you and me

The case for a national building energy code 10
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago By Lane Burt
Our current system of setting building energy codes has not been very succesful. The codes provision of ACES could fix that.
Hippies Cast a Long Shadow

Treasure hunting during building demo 1
Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago By Ken Ward
One of the joys of demolition (in addition to anger management) is the hunt for treasure. When pulling apart old walls and closets you just can't help dreaming about unearthing a cache of old coins or silverware (I've found both).
Trip the light rail fantastic

Seattle light rail finally opens doors to passengers 4
Posted 4 months ago By Sarah van Schagen
It's been a long time coming, but starting this Saturday, it'll be "all aboard!" when Seattle's light rail trains pull into the station.