Environment
Seattle's Sustainability Strategies
The National Trust Main Street Center profiles community sustainability strategies from Seattle and other Washington State communities.
Should Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Wildfires?
A debate over who should be responsible for the costs incurred by wildfires is raging between the Federal government and state and local officials.
Toxic Neglect: The Plight Of Poor New Orleans
Covering the cleanup efforts after Hurricane Katrina, Robert Bullard examines why the government neglects the problems of the poor, and in fact, makes them worse.
Will 2007 Be The Year Of The Green Building?
With the increasing adoption of eco-friendly design and construction practices, green building is becoming all the rage.
Florida Watershed Plan Steadies Growth Boundary
A broad and controversial watershed protection plan for Florida's Miami-Dade County was released recently. It calls for a time extension on the county's urban development boundary to 2025 to help protect the area's water quality.
The Seattle Green Factor: Seattle's New, Green Landscape Requirements
The Seattle Green Factor asks developers to choose from buffet of architectural features and landscape design options to decrease the environmental burden of new development.
Politics Allows Sensitive Lands To Receive Federal Flood Insurance
A Reagan-era "free market approach to conservation" that would deny federal flood insurance to sensitive lands is being undermined through the political process. Congress has granted two exceptions to the law for coastal areas in Georgia and Florida.
Sustainability Gains Status on US Campuses
Arizona State University will launch the nation's first School of Sustainability next month.
Habitat Protection Through 'Bioregional' Planning
This article from Seattle-based publication WorldChanging describes regional planning efforts to protect sensitive fisheries. This regional planning is not based on political boundaries, but rather on biological boundaries.
Coastal Development Strangling Ocean Life In New England
A study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that nutrient pollution in New England and the Gulf of Maine has increased over the last 15 years, due to pesticide use, stormwater runoff, and sewage leaks.
Securing Water Supply Rated Farmers' Most Important Concern
A recent survey of California farmers and members of the state's Farm Water Coalition reveals that the majority of farmers place the highest importance on securing a dependable water supply for the state.
Farmers Agree To Flood Their Land For Wildlife
In an unusual victory for both property rights and wildlife, the Nature Conservancy has entered into a unique arrangement with three Skagit County, Washington farmers to rent and flood 210 acres of cropland on behalf of migrating waterfowl.
Reality TV Goes Green
New reality show takes the viewer into the world of a Hollywood actress and her environmentally-extreme husband.
Top 10 Sustainable Stories of 2006
Warren Karlenzig sums up 2006 from the perspective of sustainability in state and local government.
Crop Land Shortage Halts Biofuel Plans In China
An official government rule published this week citing a shortage in farmland and food crops may force China's oil companies to cancel plans to explore large-scale production of biofuel. Losses in farmable land continue to cause problems for China.
Planning Infrastructure For Climate Change
Seattle's Daily Journal of Commerce investigates how climate change will affect the region's infrastructure and how the region's infrastructure will affect climate change in this two-part piece.
Urbanism As A Way Of Death?
Economist Jeremy Rifkin warns that unchecked urbanization is fueling unsustainable resource consumption and the destruction of the natural world.
The School Of Environmental Sustainability
As universities across the country are renovating their campuses and buildings to be more environmentally sustainable, one university is taking the subject into the classroom as its School of Sustainability opens next month.
Fighting Against Light Pollution
A profile of one woman's crusade to get cities to crack down on excess light in cities and bring back dark-skies.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
