May 8, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Today’s article is another excerpt from my forthcoming book, People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think about Greener, Healthier Cities, which will be coming out later… Continue reading
April 5, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Two days ago, I published Lee Epstein’s summary of the essential elements of green cities. Many of those are on display in the fast-moving cartoon vide… Continue reading
March 27, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I am very pleased to announce that my new book, People Habitat, will be coming out later this year. It will be available in both print and ebook formats, and… Continue reading
March 13, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I have been invited to participate in a program tonight on sloth. I’m even featured, promoted. How should I feel about this? Embarrassed?&n… Continue reading
February 1, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Here’s the nutshell: 20th-century land use won’t help your city attract and retain 21st-century people. It just won’t. This is … Continue reading
December 8, 2012
by Jake Schmidt
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Last year global emissions of carbon pollution rose to record levels, with declines in some key countries but with rising emissions elsewhere offsetting those declines…. Continue reading
December 4, 2012
by Denée Reaves
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Denée Reaves, Program Assistant, International, Washington, D.C.
It is common thought nowadays that youth today are self absorbed and not involved in the important happenings of our country, but the 2012 election helped dispel that myt… Continue reading
November 21, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
There is probably no other annual event in American culture that extols the concept of family more than Thanksgiving, which we celebrate tomorrow. I&rsq… Continue reading
November 19, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I’ve been procrastinating this one for a long time. I generally avoid taking stands on controversial local issues in Washington, where I have lived for… Continue reading
November 2, 2012
by Margaret Brown
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Margaret Brown, Legal Fellow, Urban Program, New York
We are in the fourth post-Sandy day here in New York City, and I think it is safe to say we’re short on transportation services and long on NYC pride. Much of mine is directed… Continue reading
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by Margaret Brown
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Margaret Brown, Legal Fellow, Urban Program, New York
Last month, I had the amazing opportunity to go to the Prairie Festival at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. It was a tremendous event and after a full day of amazing speakers, I… Continue reading
September 17, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Lincoln Heights, Ohio, is about a dozen miles north of Cincinnati. It contains around 4,500 residents, 98 percent of them African-American. In … Continue reading
September 5, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I’ve been clean and sober for 20 months now and still counting. Lest you think that I am about to take you down a path of Too Much Information, please … Continue reading
July 30, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
We have a number of formal and informal ways to think about what makes a good walkable community. I’ve written before about the popsicle test (can a ch… Continue reading
July 23, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I’ll be speaking later this week to a new (to me) audience on the subject of sustainable communities, and I’ve been thinking about what I would like to… Continue reading
July 5, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
My view of sustainability is a broad one. I work for an environmental organization, so ecosystem health is always in mind. But, as with most ecosystems… Continue reading
June 21, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Some very interesting things are happening in the world of sustainability measurement, or our ability to gauge how well we are doing in moving neighborhoods, citie… Continue reading
June 20, 2012
by Frances Beinecke
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Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City
As the Earth Summit convenes today, after three days of preparatory meetings, I am reflecting on what this is all about, 50,000 people in Rio, 130 heads of state. Why are we all here?
R… Continue reading
June 15, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Earlier this week I featured the promising work of the public-private partnership ArtPlace, which provides financial support to arts projects that revitalize … Continue reading
June 13, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
One of my first articles as a blogger was to celebrate the replacement of fallen trees in our neighborhood. We humans instinctively resonate to nature, … Continue reading