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Sustainable communities are communities planned, built or modified to promote sustainable living. They tend to focus on environmental sustainability (including development and agriculture) and economic sustainability. Sustainable communities can focus on sustainable urban infrastructure and/or sustainable municipal infrastructure. (Photo: Flickr)

Articles about Sustainable Communities

Watch: Connected buildings and sustainable cities

Wed, Jan 23 2013 at 7:55 PM

Honest Buildings CEO Riggs Kubiak discusses the relationship between connected buildings and sustainable cities.
5 thriving, sustainable communities

Wed, Jan 09 2013 at 3:47 PM

These modern neighborhoods rely on the age-old principle of cooperation for food, shelter, culture and social change.
5 American towns leapfrogging toward a greener future

Sun, Nov 04 2012 at 4:08 PM

These places aren't waiting for the rest of the world to set an example.
How to be an urban change agent

Fri, Oct 12 2012 at 11:47 AM

From launching a farmers market to starting a carpool, here’s a list of projects that will help you build community and improve your neighborhood.
Nation's first suburbia-celebrating museum planned for the Kansas City 'burbs

Thu, Oct 11 2012 at 3:56 PM

A museum showcasing suburbia — warts and all — is in the works outside of Kansas City. Would you want to experience an antiquated version of the American Dream replicated inside a renovated bowling alley?
Grow Community: Evergreen homes

Fri, Sep 28 2012 at 2:00 PM

Thar she grows! The first three model homes at Grow Community, a net-zero energy development centered around gardening and low-impact modes of transportation, are open for tours on Bainbridge Island.
Pastel power: Frank Gehry-designed duplex unveiled in NOLA

Tue, Jul 17 2012 at 8:00 AM

The newest home in New Orleans' Make It Right neighborhood boasts ample outdoor entertaining space, a vivid paint job and a designer that even your grandmother in Nebraska has heard of.
Buurbecue: A fence-straddling grill that promotes neighborly interaction

Mon, Jul 02 2012 at 1:52 PM

Dutch marketing firm Natwerk creates a conceptual BBQ that forces backyard grillers to scale a ladder and say 'how you doin?' to their next-door neighbors.
Sparks fly in debate about Brazil's energy crossroads

Tue, Jun 19 2012 at 10:11 AM

New report shows Brazil has an abundant array of available energy resources. So why is it choosing the costliest and most destructive source of all -- hydropower? A dispatch from Rio+20.
My yard is your yard: Neighbors dismantle fences in favor of shared space

Wed, Jun 13 2012 at 7:53 PM

How much do you enjoy the company of your neighbors? Enough to share a backyard with them? Meet several yard-sharers who have thrown the old proverb 'good fences make good neighbors' to the wind.

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Sustainable Communities

Articles about Sustainable Communities

Watch: Connected buildings and sustainable cities

5 thriving, sustainable communities

5 American towns leapfrogging toward a greener future

How to be an urban change agent

Nation's first suburbia-celebrating museum planned for the Kansas City 'burbs

Grow Community: Evergreen homes

Pastel power: Frank Gehry-designed duplex unveiled in NOLA

Buurbecue: A fence-straddling grill that promotes neighborly interaction

Sparks fly in debate about Brazil's energy crossroads

My yard is your yard: Neighbors dismantle fences in favor of shared space

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