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- Sacramento Valley Forum-Water issues, Oct 28, Chico CA -
- Thinking about suboptimal density and the externalities that feed it -
- Living near green space not only feels good, it reduces back pain, asthma, heart disease, depression -
- "A Place Is Better Than a Plan" 19 October 2009" [details make or break ]
- Public Parks/Urban Edens -
- WashU-St Louis starting M.LandArch degree pgm-focus on design/ecology/urbanism -
- Hilary Benn, Sec of State 4 Envt Food & Rural Affairs addressing RIBA Oct 28/London on Climate Change Adaptation
- Urban Resilience, an aspect of sustainability -
- Resilient Cities conf going on now thru Thurs in Vancouver [anyone tweeting this event?]
- New rating system: Sustainable Sites Initiative from ASLA et al, draft stds out 11/5 - about 14 hours ago from BigTweet
- Nov 19 Valley Futures Forum in will feature John Anderson of New Urban Builders -
- most effective expenditure of funds 2 improve a street would prob be on trees (but B sure they're real shade trees)
- Launch of Livable Communities Task Force In Congress today:
- Street View on GoogleMaps gets places cars can't go, by trike - [maybe they shd call it Eyeball-Level View :)]
- Green streets in St. Louis demo project -
APA announces Great Places in America winners-10 ea Nbhds, Streets, Public Spaces
- Retrospective on the SF Freeway Revolt - & one response + critique -
CNU and partners approve LEED-ND -
- Ryan Avent on the complexity of ANY GCC solution (thoughts about geo-engineering ideas) -
- Quick thought on the role of self-interest in planning issues -
- Importance of street furniture to and pedestrian realm & a critique of Toronto pgm:
- Each $7 spent on basic family planning betw now & 2050 wd reduce emissions by 1ton+. alternative energy = $32 -
: public parks in Moscow -
Idea: Buy REO's in nabes close 2 transit or dwntn, renovate 4 efficiency, and mkt as green TOD walkable's -
- Interview on Streetsblog: Don Shoup comments on San Francisco Parking Meter Study -
- Dunham-Jones: The big design and development project for the next 50 years will be retrofitting suburbia -
- CA -County supervisors from ag counties (San Joaquin Valley) meet to discuss/debate water issues -
- Smart development roadblock: banks? -
- sustainable/smart growth projects are often pricey--why? Constrained supply is 1 reason -
- Herbert Dreiseitl on Designing with Water -
- Dutch Design Works opening today thru 10/21 @ Shanghai Intl Creative Industry Wk -
- Market-priced parking in Santa Monica to help shape and enhance the downtown -
- 3rd annual Conf for Sustainable Futures @ California State U, Stanislaus 10/15-18 -
- Streetsfilm short vid on Walk21 -
Your forgotten business partner: Nature-value of ecosystem svcs to business - via @
implementing the economic value of walkability into local policies-El Paso, TX -
GreenCityBlueLake asks Where are the urban sacred places in OH? -
Sustainable Streetscape pilot project in St. Louis -
- Repurposing the suburbs for connectivity-bypass the streets altogether! -
Bold, smart, green vision proposed for Raleigh, NC -
- thinking about harnessing the popular imagination to solve GCC (football as metaphor, Samsoe as example) -
Doug Farr comments on enhancing sustainability of Las Vegas -
- Following the flow of food for cities-Carolyn Steel - [TED]
5th International Conference on Sustainable Transport in progress now in Mexico City -
- [crucial 2 habitat & water supply both urban & ag inCA]