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Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 9:04amIn partnership with the University of Miami School of Architecture, CNU has developed a certification program for members that distinguishes them as CNU-Accredited. CNU-A is an impressive way for members to highlight their expertise and knowledge of New Urbanist principles and stand out among the ma... read more »
The Wilderness Downtown
Submitted by MattBerggren on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:42amA few weeks ago Arcade Fire released their new album, The Suburbs. Now the band has teamed up with Google to create an HTML5 music video. But this isn't any old music video. Featuring the song "We Used To Wait," the video combines the music of Arcade Fire with Google Maps and Google Street View imag... read more »
The Sustainable Communities Initiative
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 1:57pmThe Sustainable Communities Initiative
View article with images, formatting, links and comments at http://blog.sustainableindustries.com/category/built-environment/
MaryVogel | July 21, 2010
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Financing the Evolution of the Built Environment
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 4:27pmFinancing the Evolution of the Built Environment http://shar.es/mKI1F
MaryVogel | June 21, 2010 originally posted to Sustainable Industries blog where it has photos and links
"I suppose it was a tragic thing that the New Urbanists made themselves hostage to the same banking system that was behin... read more »
#CNU18 Finding the right political language
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:23pmIs "livability" a reckless extravagance under current economic conditions? Too purely aesthetic? Not practical enough? And what about "sustainability"? It's become the accepted language of many in the political class, as well as enlightened designers and builders. But it's not everybody's language.
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Water Usage by Land Use
Submitted by mhathorne on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 5:34pmI am trying to dig up some information about averages of water usage based on different land uses. Does anyone have any information along these lines that they could share?
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Beloved and Abandoned: A Platting Named Portland - read before Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 11:19amFor those coming to the CNU Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland, OR http://www.cnu.org/transportation2009, I'd like to recommend that you read the discussion on Planetizen titled Beloved and Aba
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Nathan Norris from Placemakers debuts Version 2.2 of Smart Growth Schools Report Card
Submitted by bgrzebik@inters... on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 9:39amThe Smart Growth Schools website http://www.smartgrowthschools.org/about.html is designed to make it easier for people to understand how they can improve their communities and schools by considering i
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It makes sense that the USGBC Redwood Chapter is located in Sonoma Mountain Village.
Submitted by bgrzebik@inters... on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 12:30pmIt is no accident that the USGBC Redwood Chapter,(known as USGBC-REC), is located at Sonoma Mountain Village.
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Let's lead the paradigm shift in landscape design and bring back ecosystem services
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 4:22pmI rode my bike the few blocks down SW 10th Street in Portland to the Pearl District to take in the excitement of First Thursday gallery openings on a warm summer evening.
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