September 27, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
All credit to John Wirtz and his blog Xing Columbus for this one. It seems such a modest concept, really, and one that should have been standard practice lon… Continue reading
August 9, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
If you care about green cities, you have to like a lot of what’s happening in Philadelphia lately, from land use planning to watershed management to the gree… Continue reading
August 2, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Architect/thinker Steve Mouzon, whose very interesting perspective on neighborhood walkability was the subject of my article on Monday, is on a roll, and I&rs… Continue reading
March 29, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
In 2007, New York City began to soften the harsh environmental effects of its many parking lots by adopting an innovative amendment to its zoning code. My Ne… Continue reading
March 13, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
If you care about cities, about walkable communities, about healing the crappy environment thrust upon us for the last four decades in the form of suburban sprawl,… Continue reading
November 30, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I was impressed by an editorial a few days ago in the Raleigh News & Observer, suggesting that North Carolina’s capital city might do well to encou… Continue reading
September 6, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I begin today’s post with some context: over the weekend I went to a birthday party for a smart and fun 13-year-old in my extended family, with three other kid… Continue reading
July 25, 2011
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In 2009, textiles accounted for 5.2 percent of the municipal waste stream and only 13.8 percent were recycled. That means about 10.8 million tons of clothing and textiles ended up in the landfill. The thing is, much of the clothing that ends up getting tossed can actually be reused or salvaged by non-profit organizations like [...] Continue reading
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by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
Jamestown Mall, 16 miles north of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, is an environmental disaster. Built on farmland in an area rich with environmentally s… Continue reading
March 16, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Long-disinvested communities frequently lack amenities, including walkable access to neighborhood parks. Yet parks and neighborhoods need each other. In his well-researched book Urban Green, my friend Peter Harnik of the Trust … Continue reading
August 23, 2010
by Reduce
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Have you ever noticed the clothing drop-off bins in mall parking lots and wondered what happened to the material? This isn’t just a way to unload last year’s fashion without rolled eyes from the thrift store fashion police.
In many cases, this material is not meant for a second-hand store at all, but is donated to [...] Continue reading