Green
Sustainable Sites Initiative: A New Stand-alone Rating System
The National Building Museum recently held a session on Sustainable Sites Initiative, which outlines voluntary guidelines for sustainable practices.
THE DIRT
Neighbors Team Up To Build Community Garden
Residents in an Oxnard neighborhood install a community garden which will provide them with fruits and vegetables.
Ventura County Star
The "Greenest" Consumers
Consumers in India, Brazil, and China scored the highest (and those in the U.S. the lowest) in a survey conducted by National Geographic and Globescan for green behavior.
THE DIRT
Canada's Top Green Cities
Green Living magazine gives kudos to Canada's leading cities in terms of energy, water, density and bike-friendliness.
Green Living
Top 10 Trends in Green Transportation
Inhabitat selects their top 10, ranging from DIY bicycles to the fall of the S.U.V. Notably, transit is barely mentioned.
Inhabitat
Beyond the Backyard Garden: Urban Agriculture
Thanks to industrialized agriculture, there’s a wide gulf between those who produce food and those who consume it. Too many city-dwellers lack access to nutritious, non-processed foods. Dave Steel thinks that urban agriculture is the key.
The Next American City
Cleveland Greening the Rust Belt
This article from Grist looks at the environmental efforts being taken in Cleveland, a historically polluted and struggling Rust Belt city.
Grist
Greening Streets
This piece from The Tyee offers ideas about how to recreate streets into lively public green spaces.
The Tyee



















