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Peter Calthorpe highlights the "Keys to a Cool City" in PBS' Newshour
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 3:44pmWatch Peter Calthorpe in this video excerpt from PBS' Newshour on urban strategies being used to mitigate climate change and urban heat island effects.
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Peter Calthorpe Adds His Voice to NYT's Room for Debate
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 4:59pmCNU co-founder Peter Calthorpe joins the New York Times debate on making cities safer for pedesrtrians and cyclists:
Click here to read "It Starts with Better Design."
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Peter Calthorpe on "Why California needs high-speed rail"
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 5:07pmCNU co-founder Peter Calthorpe writes of high-speed for California as "the investment we cannot afford not to make."
Read the whole post for the San Francisco Chronicle by clicking here.
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Cities' "Green Dividend" there for the taking (#CNU17)
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 11:31amThe long-held idea that cities are an environmental bane is completely and utterly wrong. Cities are the key to reducing humanity’s contributions to global warming and land despoliation.
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CNU XVI – Lessons from Booming Regions
Submitted by Chris Clair on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 2:05pmMy aunt and uncle have lived in Austin for decades. I remember visiting them here once when I was 12, I think, but my memories of the physical city are nonexistent.
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CNU XV Day 3: Follow the Congress as It Happens
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 9:57amA busy Friday at the 15th annual CNU Congress was sandwiched between two popular plenary sessions. Peter Calthorpe’s evening presentation updated arguments for regional visioning.
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Session: The Other Illness
Submitted by agollin on Sat, 05/19/2007 - 7:50pmFor many CNUers, the Congress is a time to rendezvous with like-minded people, inspire each other, catch up on news, and feel motivated by how much the New Urbanist movement has accomplished.
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