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Rethinking Green: Blockbuster Report in Environmental Building News Measures Impact of "Driving to Green Buildings"
Submitted by mackean on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 3:04pmThe Nobel Committee’s decision to award this year’s Peace Prize for environmental activism reminds us that the environment has become a pressing political topic in recent years. The critical question is what kind of practical changes such publicity about global warming will affect.
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McKibben on Global Warming, and (New) Urbanism
Submitted by mackean on Mon, 10/01/2007 - 12:48amBill McKibben's recent reviews from the New York Review of Books suggest New Urbanism's potential role in the fight against global warming.
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The Camden NJ Regional Equity Demonstration Project - Rutgers University
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 09/16/2007 - 12:12amAfter 50 years of continuous and accelerating job loss, population flight, propertymarket
decline, plummeting municipal revenues, and civic collapse, Camden has embarked on a
land-redevelopment process of unprecedented proportions, initiated by a state takeover of the city’s municipal functions, A... read more »
Obesity-Walkability-New Urbanism Link
Submitted by crandell on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 11:51amIt seems more and more studies these days are making the connection between the built environment and health, and pointing to the challenge we face in improving our communities.
Two recent news stories are a case in point. One covers a study that found a link between gas prices and obesity. Higher... read more »
SNU Congress I
Submitted by erfurt4 on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 7:17amTo anyone interested in the first Students for New Urbanism Conference:
This post is to notify you about the first Students for New Urbanism Congress
to be held this October at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
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Why a new urbanist charrette is what TOD-fueled Evanston needs right now
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 11:49amSo what makes a good new urbanist charrette just what Evanston needs at this pivotal point in its history – at this moment when the inner-ring Chicago suburb has become one of the most exciting examples of transit-oriented development in the U.S. yet when vocal longtime residents fear they’re lo... read more »
A New Urbanist Charrette Comes to TOD City, Part 1
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 11:15amA leading post-baby-boomer new urbanist architect-planner, Kevin Klinkenberg, led a five-day charrette in Evanston last week, before catching a well deserved Cubs game on Saturday. Kevin’s peers are also doing admirable work, just not as close to home as Evanston. So though I had to skip the Cubs ... read more »
Access Living: An Example in Universal and Green Design
Submitted by mzabel on Fri, 07/20/2007 - 3:10pmOn Thursday, July 19th, 2007, several members from CNU visited the new state-of-the-art headquarters for Access Living . Access Living is an advocacy agency focused on changes that benefit people with disabilities in a variety of areas (i.e., healthcare, youth services, housing, civil rights and ec... read more »
Greyfields Provide Challenging Development Opportunites
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 2:04pmAmy Saunder's article entitled "Retail ghosts"in the Columbus Dispatch discusses the increasing failure of conventional malls and the subsequent upward spike in the development of outdoor shopping and "lifestyle" centers.
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Panel votes to save Sears Building from Campbell's Soup Plans
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 2:58amFriday, June 22, 2007
By ALAN GUENTHER
Courier-Post Staff
TRENTON
Historic Sites Council member Marilou Ehrler pleaded with Campbell's executives..."Please don't move out of Camden."
By a 5-1 vote, the state Historic Sites Council on Thursday recommended that Campbell be denied permission to take do... read more »