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Junk in the Trunk
American food-guzzling leads to more gas-guzzling |
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25 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Junk in the Trunk American food-guzzling leads to more gas-guzzling Here's more motivation to go on that diet: You'll use less gasoline. Non-commercial U.S. vehicles are using at least 938 million more gallons of gasoline annually than they did in 1960 because drivers and passengers are considerably heavier and are dragging down fuel economy, says a University of Illinois study to be published in The Engineering Economist. ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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'Hood Intentions
LEED is expanding to neighborhoods, and Doug Farr is leading the way |
Charles Shaw |
12 Oct 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Doug Farr was heading into The Grind, a local fair-trade coffee spot in Chicago's swanky Lincoln Square neighborhood, when he ran into Peter Nicholson, the organizer of the city's monthly Green Drinks. The two well-heeled unofficial flag-wavers for the local green scene exchanged enthusiastic greetings, and began discussing the latest goings-on. Doug Farr. "Ugh. I'm really over ... |
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| Topics: Chicago, consumerism, green living, greening biz operations, innovation, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Engine Block
On owning multiple cars |
Umbra Fisk |
27 Sep 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Your recent column suggested that the questioners sell one of their two cars, but I can't help wondering how much good that does for the environment, especially weighed against the annoyance cost of not having a second car when two people have to be going in opposite directions at the same time. I have a personal interest in this, as we have three cars: mine (a Prius, used for all errands and most weekend driving), his (f ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, placemaking, Prius (all these topics) |
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House Dutiful
A Colorado home-builder reflects on his attempt to go green |
Daniel A. Shaw |
26 Sep 2006 |
Soapbox |
| Sunshine on my solar panels makes me happy. Photos: Daniel Shaw In and around Aspen, Colo., incorporating green into the building process usually means wondering, "How much cash can I spend on my house?" After all, this valley sports some of the most energy-sucking but least-used second, third, and fourth homes on Earth. One of them, former Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar Bin Sultan's ... |
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| Topics: green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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The Green Expo at Highpoint
Seattle's -- possibly the country's -- coolest new neighborhood |
David Roberts |
19 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
| This past Sunday, I went out to the Highpoint neighborhood in West Seattle to attend the Green Living Expo. Highpoint is extraordinary (check out this map of the master plan). When it's completed (about a third is finished at this point), it will be the largest interurban redevelopment in the country. I won't get into all the details -- check out the website -- but here's the short summary: The community will be mixed-use, mixed-income, and mixed-ethnicity. They're ... |
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| Topics: green living, placemaking, Seattle, urban planning (all these topics) |
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The Trouble With Normal
Can a mom in middle America survive a month without a car? |
Christine Gardner |
28 Aug 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Not 20 minutes after the Amtrak clerk said our train would be at least an hour late -- "probably much more" -- I almost caved. "We could rent a car and drive home," I thought, and maybe even muttered. "Nobody has to know." I had just hit my breaking point. Carolyn rides the bus. Photos: Christine Gardner My husband, Steve, and I were pushing our two ... |
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| Topics: green living, Illinois, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Wash and Learn
On washing your car |
Umbra Fisk |
21 Aug 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, What can I do about washing my car in a more eco-friendly way? Is phosphate-free soap enough, or should I just suck it up and go to the drive-through car wash every time? Katie North Carolina Dearest Katie, You are one of those fastidious people I see busily washing their cars on Saturdays. I always wonder why some people are driven to go to such lengths, while others consider washing their cars somewhere below replacing t ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Fight or Flight
On dropping out of society |
Umbra Fisk |
16 Aug 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Although I have always been one to conserve, recycle, etc., it is only in the last year that I have realized the extent of the catastrophe coming upon us in terms of climate change. I am 40-something, live in a city, own an older home with a sizeable mortgage that requires my husband and me to work, two kids, two cars, etc. I've done all the usual stuff: changed the light bulbs, we've each started biking to work whe ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Words Fail Us
Hummer propaganda aimed at kids through McDonald's Happy Meals |
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10 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Words Fail Us Hummer propaganda aimed at kids through McDonald's Happy Meals Sometimes a story comes along that so perfectly captures a culture's pathologies that it should be put in a time capsule, so future generations ... oh, right, there won't be any future generations. It seems that, according to fast-food behemoth McDonald's, this is a "Hummer of a Summer." A new series of TV and radio ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, green living, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Green Building 101
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David Roberts |
29 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Yesterday, Inhabitat started a weekly series for the summer called Green Building 101. The series is focused mainly on LEED-H, the (developing) green standards for homes. It also mentions LEED-ND, the (developing) green standards for neighborhoods, which I'm super jazzed about. The series will walk through the basics of building or renovating a home for maximum eco-friendliness. Should be cool. Check out the first installment, about choosing an eco-friendly site. |
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| Topics: green building, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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All About EV
Who Killed the Electric Car? Trailer (QuickTime) |
Hannah Eaves |
27 Jun 2006 |
Arts and Minds |
| The QuickTime Player is required. Get it now. Back to the interview. |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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All About EV
Who Killed the Electric Car? Trailer (RealPlayer) |
Hannah Eaves |
27 Jun 2006 |
Arts and Minds |
| The RealPlayer is required. Get it now. (There is a completely free version. Make sure to click on the hard-to-find "FREE RealPlayer" link.) Back to the interview. |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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All About EV
A conversation with the makers of Who Killed the Electric Car? |
Hannah Eaves |
27 Jun 2006 |
Arts and Minds |
| Chris Paine, the director of Who Killed the Electric Car?, looks a little embarrassed as he walks toward his waiting limo. "I should really have them drop us off a block away from the theater," he says, laughing uneasily. At least he's carpooling. Dean Devlin and Chris Paine at Sundance. Photo: Fred Hayes/WireImage. With him are Dean Devlin, one of the film's executive producers ( ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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All About EV
Who Killed the Electric Car? Trailer (Windows Media Player) |
Hannah Eaves |
27 Jun 2006 |
Arts and Minds |
| The Windows Media Player is required. Get it now. Back to the interview. |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Dad Reckoning
How my father taught me to leave cars behind |
Kim Todd |
15 Jun 2006 |
Soapbox |
| When my husband and I moved back to Montana three years ago, I fantasized about living far from town. We'd settle outside the city boundaries, where the Milky Way sparkles clear as a river and red-tailed hawks bank over bunchgrass meadows. My (imaginary) dogs could run over our five acres, frolicking in the ponderosa pines. That was the plan. But we didn't do it. And it's my father's fault. He kept me on track. ... |
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| Topics: green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Can we replace oil and maintain energy supply?
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David Roberts |
02 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
| This piece on EnergyBulletin is brilliant, and by that I mean it makes arguments I like to make. Can we simply switch out oil for other fuels? No: The question is: can production from non-conventional sources such as the Alberta tar sands or synthetic fuels using coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology be ramped up to anything even approaching a supply deficit of 22 million barrels per day by 2015? The answer appears to be a clear no. Not by a long shot ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, oil, placemaking (all these topics) |
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We've Been Cartwheeling to Work
Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior |
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25 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We've Been Cartwheeling to Work Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior Americans hit in the pocketbook by high gas prices are, shockingly, changing their consumptive behavior. A survey by Consumer Reports found that over a third of American drivers are pondering getting a more fuel-efficient vehicle in place of their current one; half of those are considering a hybrid, and fewer than 5 percent want a l ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics) |
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Read and Green and Urban All Over
Plans for an eco-city in China inspire a green neighborhood in London |
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05 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Read and Green and Urban All Over Plans for an eco-city in China inspire a green neighborhood in London The world's largest eco-city is soon to be built in China, on an island at the mouth of the Yangtze River near Shanghai. Dongtan, being developed by London's Arup Urban Design, will consist of village-style neighborhoods and will emphasize pedestrian-friendliness, renewable-energy generat ... |
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| Topics: China, green living, London, news, placemaking, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Who Killed the Electric Car? launch date set
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Chris Schults |
16 Apr 2006 |
Gristmill |
| In addition to An Inconvenient Truth, we've been also tracking the film Who Killed the Electric Car? This morning Grist received an email concerning the official launch date, which is scheduled for June 28th of this year. The movie was screened at Sundance and will also be appearing at the following festivals: San Francisco Film Festival (April 21-22)USA Film Festival, Dallas (April 29)Tribeca Film Festival, New York City (May 2, 4-6)Mountain Film Festival, Tellu ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, green living, movies, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Enthuse Your Curbism
Two new nature books for city slickers |
Emily Gertz |
06 Apr 2006 |
Arts and Minds |
| Lately, green is the new black in the American metropolis. Here in New York City, the cabbies are driving hybrids and the fashionistas are wearing organic jeans. Even in my decidedly un-hip Brooklyn neighborhood, the corner deli sells organic milk and cookies. Green is busting out all over. Photo: iStockphoto. Green-tinted consumerism is probably gaining ground in your city too. (Is that a Whole Foods opening ... |
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| Topics: green living, New York, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Food, poverty, preference
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Tom Philpott |
27 Feb 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Responding to a recent post of mine on Gristmill, blogger Biodiversivist took issue with a scheme in London designed to bring fresh, locally grown, organic food to poor neighborhoods. His response is worth reading in full. So far, I've only responded to one part of his challenge -- the classic libertarian explanation for why poor areas typically lack access to fresh, healthy food. He writes: 'Why are fresh fruits and vegetables scarce in poor parts of London? My hypoth ... |
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| Topics: food, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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What a green wants: An index-card manifesto (first draft)
A positive environmental program that can (almost) fit on an index card |
David Roberts |
17 Feb 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Without further ado, here's the first draft of my index-card manifesto. It turned out to be two index-card manifestos, with five points each: one for stuff I consider immediately urgent, and a second for what I consider longer-term goals. Feedback is welcome -- nay, requested. (I'll discuss the whole project more in a subsequent post.) WHAT A GREEN WANTS: IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES Energy efficiency: Proven techniques can get the same amount of work with 50% of the oil. ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, cars, electricity grid, energy, environmental movement, green living, messaging, placemaking, renewable energy, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Lights, Camera, Traction
Al Gore and electric car star in films unveiled at Sundance |
Dan Bree |
02 Feb 2006 |
Arts and Minds |
| At 25 years of age, Sundance is the country's premier festival of independent film. But a lot has changed over that quarter century. Well, actually, one thing has changed: m-o-n-e-y. There's a ton of Hollywood cash spent at Sundance, and I could see it everywhere I looked last week. The "VIP" corporate parties on Main Street. The piles of free stuff for celebrities. The Moviefon ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, cars, climate, electric vehicles, green living, movies, placemaking, renewable energy, Utah (all these topics) |
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If not suburbs, then what?
Only concrete alternatives will cajole people out of the suburbs |
David Roberts |
25 Jan 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Often, the first step to helping people make better choices is showing them that there are choices. One of the biggest and most important -- albeit frequently overlooked -- steps toward combating global warming, improving public health, reducing air pollution, and restoring a sense of community and fellow-feeling to American life is changing the structure of our communities. Right now, conventional wisdom is that the choice is between suburbs -- big houses, plenty ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, green living, health, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
On co-housing |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Dec 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, How does one begin to gather a group of people to live in a modern city commune? My dream is to own in common an energy-efficient and sustainable house or apartment building inhabited by 10 or so people who are neighbors but also share the duties of the house (cooking, laundry, gardening), much like an extended family. I think this setup would be far superior to the current situation, where my spouse and I live in a la ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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