June 22, 2012
by Tiffany Traynum
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Tiffany Traynum, Program Assistant, San Francisco
Today marked the conclusion of a global environmental summit that drew nearly 100 world leaders and more than 45,000 people. At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, thousands of partici… Continue reading
June 22, 2012
by Rachel Fried
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Rachel Fried, Program Assistant, Lands and Communications, Washington, D.C.
I used to associate the word “Rio” with a glass jar filled with spare lunch money. My first grade elementary school class decided to raise money to … Continue reading
November 19, 2011
by Jacob Scherr
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Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
It now looks like we really are going to have another “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro next June. The Brazilian Government has proposed pushing ba… Continue reading
August 10, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC When revitalization of our distressed neighborhoods is done well, it is almost unrivaled in its ability to advance simultaneously the “triple bottom line” of su… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 12, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Next month, NRDC’s sustainable communities team will be having a strategic planning retreat in Oakland, California. Oakland presents some logistical advantages for such a meeting, including its proximity to our office across the bay… Continue reading
September 28, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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In a blog entry posted yesterday, my colleague Amanda Eaken reports on last week’s action by the California Air Resources Board, setting greenhouse gas reduction targets to be met through regional planning. The action was taken under the st… Continue reading
Share on FacebookSeptember 7, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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Today I begin a new job, as leader of NRDC’s new sustainable communities initiative. It’s really more an evolution of my old job, since for a decade and a half I have already been all about advocating a positive vision for env… Continue reading