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Sustainability is not enough. Because so much damage has already been inflicted upon the world's ecosystems, Anna Leidreiter argues for the need for regenerative cities that positively enhance 'ecosystem services.'

February 1, 2012 - The Global Urbanist

In an opinion piece, noted economist Jeffrey Sachs explores what it will take to achieve the 'triple bottom line' of sustainable development, which the UN puts at the top of the global agenda.

February 1, 2012 - Project Syndicate

Claire Easley talks with the "godfather of green," Jerry Yudelson, about the "megatrends" to watch for in the Green Building industry over the next year.

January 27, 2012 - Builder Magazine

Through the lens of Chengdu and Delhi, Paul Webster and Jason Burke explore how the rise of the megacity is changing the way we live.

January 26, 2012 - The Guardian

Sarah Laskow reports on new analysis indicating that in restored wetlands, plants, insects, and animals do not reach their former abundance, density or diversity.

January 24, 2012 - Good

The APA has announced its 2012 National Planning Excellence Award winners. Award recipients come from a diverse array of locales including: New York City; Wilmington, North Carolina; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Cleveland, Ohio.

January 23, 2012 - Planning.org

The Dirt profiles three recent projects that play with the ideas of landscape, nature, and the eye of the beholder.

January 22, 2012 - THE DIRT

What is more likely to constitute a successful transit system -- one that runs dirty old vehicles at shorter headways or one that runs beautiful comfortable vehicles less frequently? Tom Vanderbilt wades into the public conversation in Slate

January 21, 2012 - Slate

Robert Krueger, writing in Urban Land, has compiled a list of the top 15 housing industry sources to follow on Twitter.

January 18, 2012 - Urban Land

Is Stockholm the world capital of music? Richard Florida maps the geography of popular music using the announced lineup for the 2012 Coachella Music Festival.

January 17, 2012 - The Atlantic Cities

Robert Steuteville takes issue with a recent report on NPR's Marketplace by noted Economist Steven Levitt that concluded that driving while drunk is safer than walking while drunk.

January 16, 2012 - Better! Cities & Towns

Joerg Haentzschel interviews the young architect Bjarke Ingels. Through offices now established in Copenhagen and New York, Ingels is slowly pushing his 'pragmatic utopian architecture' into the mainstream.

January 16, 2012 - 032C

A new study produced by an international team of scientists focuses on efforts to reduce the production of two shorter-term pollutants, rather than carbon dioxide, that drive climate change.

January 16, 2012 - The Washington Post

2012 will be much like 2011. Experts see a long, grind-it-out recovery with only a few bright spots, but there are deals to be had.

January 15, 2012 - Star Tribune

The average family paid 25% more in gas in 2011 than they did in 2010. With that trend expected to continue into the foreseeable future, the case for the importance of walkable neighborhoods will grow along with it.

January 14, 2012 - PlaceShakers

Actor and global sexy man Ryan Gosling has brought his talents to the world of Architecture, or so it seems.

January 13, 2012 - Archinect

Writing for the NY Times Sunday Review, Sarah Williams Goldhagen opines on the attraction of architects and urban designers to the design language of trees and other embodied metaphors.

January 13, 2012 - The New York Times

Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones makes a strong argument for why ugly buildings deserve some love.

January 12, 2012 - The Atlantic Cities

A new guidebook illustrates ways to create safer streets and more livable public spaces.

January 11, 2012 - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

For those who missed it, Friday brought the end to the influential infrastructure focused blog -- The Infrastructurist

January 11, 2012 - The Infrastructurist