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Food and Urban Form

Carolyn Steel gives a talk inspired by her new book "Hungry Cities," about the history of feeding urban areas, and the ways in which food might reach increasingly urban populations in the future.
12 October 2009 - 10:00am
TED.com

Fewer Cars for Better Cities

Cities are warming up to the idea that planning for the future means more car sharing programs and fewer parking spaces.
13 June 2009 - 1:00pm
The New York Times
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Nearly Car-free Housing Development: A Radical Experiment

Hayward, which is an East Bay suburb of San Francisco, has laid the groundwork for a nearly car-free housing development for environmentally conscious living.
9 June 2009 - 6:00am
San Francisco Chronicle
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Powerful Human Impact on Landscapes and Environment

The videos from the time-lapse images compiled from NASA Earth Observatory show some most impressive conquests of man over environment.
7 June 2009 - 11:00am
THE DIRT

Electric Cars are Coming!

We're sorry to be buzz kills. But we've heard this one before. Like in 1990. And 1910. Do the automakers have the juice this time?
25 May 2009 - 5:00am
Salon.com

Swine Flu and the Prospects for Urban Agriculture

The present threat of a global pandemic reveals the fundamental problem with visions for 'sustainable cities' relying on urban agriculture: there are important medical reasons for separating livestock operations from people.
1 May 2009 - 2:00pm
BLDG BLOG
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A Whole New World

Sara Robinson of the Campaign for America's Future outlines in the first of a series of articles why we simply won't be able to "return to normal."
8 April 2009 - 12:00pm
Campaign for America's Future

The Planetizen News Brief - 2/19/09


4:05 minutes (3.75 MB)

How the stimulus plan affects transit, energy, infrastructure and the environment, and how Obama plans to save America's housing -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing every week on the nationally-syndicated radio program "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

19 February 2009 - 5:00am
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Podcast: Top Planning Issues of 2008


6:15 minutes (5.78 MB)

2008 is over. Now, we take a look back at the year's top news in the world of urban planning and development to see what trends defined 2008 -- and what's to come in 2009.

1 January 2009 - 5:00am
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Draft EIR on SF's Bike Plan Released

A court order prohibits new bicycle infrastructure in San Francisco, but its Municipal Transportation Agency and Planning Department have crafted a 1,353-page Draft Environmental Impact Report to make a case against it.
5 December 2008 - 11:00am
Streetsblog

Austin Aims For Greener Events and Festivals

Officials in Austin, Texas, are drafting what's believed to be the nation's most substantive sustainability policy for special events--including measures to reduce waste and conserve water and energy.
15 November 2008 - 11:00am
Austin American-Statesman

Obama to Overturn Bush on Climate Change?

President-elect Barack Obama is set to overturn as many as 200 Bush-era decisions, including those aimed at addressing greenhouse gas emissions and recognizing climate change.
11 November 2008 - 11:00am
Washington Post

Canadians Reject 'Green Shift' at the Polls

Canadians went to the polls yesterday and re-elected Stephen Harper's Conservative Party -- which downplayed environmental issues -- while rejecting the "Green Shift" carbon tax plan of the Liberal Party.
16 October 2008 - 1:00pm
Globe and Mail

Redesigning Nature to Clean Up Our Messes

A landscape architect from M.I.T. is proposing to create a whole new ecosystem to address water pollution problems in Italy.
23 September 2008 - 12:00pm
The New York Times

Roadmap to a Green Economy

A new report from the Center for American Progress recommends a 'green' economic overhaul for the U.S. that would create a "comprehensive clean energy transformation" for the country.
19 September 2008 - 5:00am
The Progress Report

Green Issues Splitting Urban, Rural Voters

In both the United States and Canada, this fall's federal elections are being driven by environmental issues, which are driving a wedge between urban and rural voters.
16 September 2008 - 11:00am
Globe & Mail

The 'One-Planet City'

Planning student Jennie Moore is going a step beyond the 'ecological footprint' model, and is researching what she calls the 'one-planet city'.
10 September 2008 - 2:00pm
WorldChanging

California Draining

Decades of massive hydrologic engineering have altered California's ecology out of equilibrium and will be unable to support present demands, warns Rachel Olivieri.
9 September 2008 - 12:00pm
AlterNet

Don't Rebuild -- Reinvent America's Infrastructure

The deplorable state of America's infrastructure may represent a one-time opportunity: not to replace what once made sense but does no longer, but to embark on a bold program to create a more environmentally sustainable nation, writes Sara Robinson.
22 August 2008 - 8:00am
Campaign for America's Future

Erie's Tire Incinerator: Renewable Energy or 'Something out of The Simpsons'?

A proposal to annually burn tens of millions of car tires to produce electricity at a facility in Erie, Pennsylvania is raising concerns among environmentalists and regional residents over mercury and other emissions.
14 July 2008 - 6:00am
AlterNet
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