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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Loan star Making energy efficiency possible for cheapskate homeowners	Clark Williams-Derry	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green building, green living, placemaking, Vancouver (all these topics)

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)

Banner day for B.C. Lots of good stuff north of the border	Clark Williams-Derry	25 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Canada, placemaking, public transportation, sprawl, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics)

What "bike friendly" looks like Is your town?	Alan Durning	19 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: bikes, green living, placemaking, Portland, Seattle, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics)

Gas price roundup Do gas prices affect behavior or not?	Clark Williams-Derry	18 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, energy, green living, oil, placemaking, public transportation, Vancouver (all these topics)

Is the SkyTrain the limit? Making public transit work	Clark Williams-Derry	15 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: green living, placemaking, Portland, public transportation, Seattle, Vancouver (all these topics)

On the Ball: Vancouver Olympics Not lookin' so good	Sarah K. Burkhalter	08 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Canada, green living, sports, Vancouver (all these topics)

Plenty to think about Now that I've actually read the book ...	Kate Sheppard	25 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, local food, Vancouver (all these topics)

Cloves to Home Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon chew the fat on their 100-mile diet	Kate Sheppard	24 Apr 2007	Main Dish
Two years ago, Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon set out to see if it was still possible, in these hyper-globalized times, to live off food grown in your own 'hood. The pair made a pact to dine on dishes culled from within a 100-mile radius of their Vancouver, B.C., home for an entire year. Their personal experiment quickly evolved into a movement, and now Smith, a freelance journalist w ...
Topics: books, food, green living, interview, local food, Vancouver (all these topics)

Adapting to climate change? Vancouver's submerged seawall	Coby Beck	30 Dec 2006	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Vancouver (all these topics)

Six in the city Vancouver family does it up right.	Clark Williams-Derry	15 Jun 2006	Gristmill

Topics: placemaking, Vancouver (all these topics)

100-mile diet website and book Check 'em out.	Chris Schults	26 Apr 2006	Gristmill

Topics: books, food, local food, Vancouver, websites (all these topics)

Swifter, Higher, Greener How the Olympics are becoming a sustainable business	John Elkington, Mark Lee	17 Jan 2006	Full Disclosure
By John Elkington and Mark Lee 17 Jan 2006 This month, as the Olympic flame makes its torch-uous journey to Turin, Italy, most people's eyes are fixed on the upcoming games. But our eyes are focused a little farther down the track. In our role as sustainability consultants, we've joined the field of those helping the London 2012 Olympics committee work out how to site, design, and host a green event. It's a win-win. En ...
Topics: business, Full Disclosure, London, sports, Vancouver (all these topics)

Big Mellow Taxi Meet the world's first hybrid-cab driver	Brendan Sainsbury	02 Aug 2005	Main Dish
Like any self-respecting cabbie, Andrew Grant has a talent for small talk. But when the conversation turns to his prized 2004 Toyota Prius, things get a bit more animated. Andrew Grant. "Gave Cameron Diaz a lift once," he says matter-of-factly, leading me toward the Vancouver curb where the curvaceous car is parked. "Oh, yeah? What did she say?" "She said, 'This is nothing, I' ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, placemaking, Prius, public transportation, Vancouver (all these topics)

A bridge just far enough Vancouver city politicians take risky moves to fight climate change.	Clark Williams-Derry	21 Jul 2005	Gristmill

Topics: bikes, placemaking, Vancouver (all these topics)

Not a Car in the World Can a Brit survive in North America without a driver's license?	Brendan Sainsbury	26 May 2005	Soapbox
In the rich mosaic of North American society, I stand rather forlornly on my own as a member of an oft-forgotten minority group: I am an adult male who can't drive. I have a wheelie bad feeling about this. Photo: Andrew White. Catapulted into the overcrowded car culture of Vancouver, British Columbia, from the U.K. last January, I quickly found myself labeled as a maverick and ...
Topics: green living, placemaking, United Kingdom, Vancouver (all these topics)

Are urban residents dependent on rural natural resource industries? Hmm.	Tom Power	28 Jan 2005	Gristmill

Topics: Vancouver (all these topics)

Vancouver wants to improve public spaces Good job them.	David Roberts	28 Jan 2005	Gristmill

Topics: placemaking, Vancouver (all these topics)

A Bunch of Spoil Ports		05 Apr 2000	Daily Grist
A Bunch of Spoil Ports A ship carrying toxic waste from U.S. military bases in Japan is likely to meet with controversy when it docks later today in Seattle. The 90 tons of PCBs had been en route to Vancouver, Canada, but the Canadian government abruptly rescinded a permit for the waste to be unloaded, a U.S. EPA spokesperson said last night. Now the U.S. Department of Defense and the EPA have begun hasty negotiations to figure out what ...
Topics: Seattle, Vancouver (all these topics)

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