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Headline	Author	Published	Section
15 Green Cities		19 Jul 2007	Main Dish
These metropolises aren't literally the greenest places on earth -- they're not necessarily dense with foliage, for one, and some still have a long way to go down the path to sustainability. But all of the cities on this list deserve recognition for making impressive strides toward eco-friendliness, helping their many millions of residents live better, greener lives. If your favorite green city didn't make the list, tell us why it deserves recognition in the comment ...
Topics: Chicago, lists, London, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics)

Music to Our Ears Music festivals across the country aim to lessen their footprint	Sarah van Schagen	03 Jul 2007	Arts and Minds
Bonnaroo 2006. Photo: Sarah van Schagen. I'm sitting in the middle of a field in rural Tennessee, and it feels like it's got to be 110 degrees out. Somehow I've forgotten about my sweat-lined brow and muddy shoes; instead, I'm focused on listening to Bonnaroo's head press guy, Ken Weinstein of Big Hassle Media, talk about the music festival's ongoing efforts to put on a greener ...
Topics: Bonnaroo, Chicago, green living, music, Seattle (all these topics)

Lists A couple	David Roberts	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Here are two lists, for those of you into that kind of thing: First, Sustainlane -- which seems to produce a list every few weeks, no? -- has a list of the Top Ten Cities for Renewable Energy. That's the cities that provide citizens with the most green power. They are: 1. Oakland, CA 2. Sacramento/SF/San Jose, CA (tie) 3. Portland, OR 4. Boston, MA 5. San Diego, CA 6. Austin, TX 7. Los Angeles, CA 8. Minneapolis, MN 9. Seattle, WA 10. Chicago, IL Oaklan ...
Topics: cars, Chicago, energy, green living, placemaking, Portland, renewable energy, San Francisco, Seattle (all these topics)

Edens Lost & Found	David Roberts	07 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Check out Edens Lost & Found, a four-part PBS series (and book, and newsletter, and curriculum) about how four cities -- Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle -- are working to transform urban environments to integrate nature and improve quality of life. Apparently the first two episodes have already aired; Los Angeles and Seattle are coming up this Spring. Sounds interesting. Check your local listings.
Topics: Chicago, Seattle (all these topics)

LED stoplights, solar-powered camera, action! Mayors meet at that other Sundance for greener cities	Andy Brett	14 Jul 2005	Gristmill
Mayors from over 45 cities met this week in Sundance -- Sundance, Utah, that is -- to brainstorm on ways to make their cities greener and build on the momentum created by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' recent initiative to cut cities' greenhouse emissions, which he discussed with Amanda Griscom Little in Grist. The Sundance Summit gathered mayors from some of the 'usual suspects' (Seattle, Burlington, Berkeley) as well as some not-so-usual suspects (Des Moines, D.C., Pittsb ...
Topics: Chicago, Seattle (all these topics)

A win for Kyoto cities plan U.S. mayors unanimously endorse climate-protection resolution	Lisa Hymas	14 Jun 2005	Gristmill
The nation's mayors have thrown their weight behind Kyoto (and thereby thumbed their noses at Dubyah). At the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Chicago yesterday, municipal leaders unanimously endorsed a resolution calling on U.S. cities to meet or beat the protocol's emissions-reduction targets. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels spearheaded the resolution, as well as a more specific campaign that's gotten 164 cities (so far) to commit to taking steps to protect the climate. ...
Topics: Chicago, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Seattle (all these topics)

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