Green Development Archive
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The greenest office building in the world: Forget LEED certification, the standard for green building, the folks behind this
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Investment follows the walking, biking crowd: Ah, the effectiveness of graphics, from the socially innovative folks at
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Crowdsourcing green cities more ways than one: Wouldn’t cities be a lot greener (literally and figuratively) with more trees
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Denver’s Living City Block green model: If a cell is defined as the smallest structural and functional unit
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World’s greenest building?: Unlike many so-called ‘green’ buildings built in greenfields that require driving to
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Finally, a way to track ‘green’ by neighborhood: When it comes to crowdsourced placemaking, it’s very difficult to do if
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Model green development breaks ground in Ohio: Back in 2005 we featured Ben, Naomi and Josh, founders of the
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The most ‘easy and convenient’ green U.S. cities: What cities are the easiest and most convenient to be green in?
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Amsterdam goes even greener: Amsterdam, The Netherlands already has a global reputation for being a biking
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Solar cities… inevitable?: Going green is of central importance to ‘creatives’, thus this first entry
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Michelle Kaufmann’s green dev resource: If you’re looking for a reliable green resource regarding placemaking and design,
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Green orgs crowdsourcing DC homes: If there’s one thing I’m glad to see, it’s not just nonprofits
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The first coworking space for green biz?: There’s no question what the first green business incubator is – it’s
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Dutch town of Venlo going ‘cradle to cradle: First of all, what’s cradle to cradle? It essentially means all waste
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Can attainable green condos be crowdsourced?: Following the announcement of a green home crowdsourcing program in July 2008,
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Green home crowdsourcing program launches: Buying an attainably-priced green home is a no brainer for most creatives
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Most Fuel-Efficient Neighborhoods: In response to a time when commuters are looking at alternatives to
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Carbon-free green city planned near Shanghai: On an island near Shanghai, China formed by the accumulation of, silt
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Ten defining principles for a true green community: There’s a ton of buzz on green communities sprouting up everywhere, and
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The first zero-energy community in North America?: Being that a zero-energy community means 100% renewable energy, that’s no small
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Zero-energy community in the UK: There’s a lot of talk of zero-energy (100% renewable energy) urban communities,
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The first 100% fully wind-powered town in the U.S.: Rock Port, Missouri may only have a population of 1300, but it
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Carbon footprint per passenger mile: For those of you wondering what the carbon impact is between walking,
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Being authentically green goes beyond ‘gizmo green: As urban designer Steve Mouzon states, there’s a lot of press on
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The next gen of Central Parks are on their way: Not only are urban dwellers in select cities across the country about
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Creative lessons from a green greenfield village: Readers of this website know we don’t normally cover greenfield developments, that
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Finally, a one-stop-shop for green building materials: If you wanted a resource for green building materials you had more
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The 50 Greenest Cities in the U.S.: Sure, it’s yet another green city list, but we try to cover
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Zero carbon, zero car city in Abu Dhabi: The list is impressive for Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s grand experiment (ground breaking
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Cool spots’ – Identifying low carbon neighborhoods: A picture is worth a thousand words, which is why the folks