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Sustainable Communities

 
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

  • Why you should buy food at the farmers market

    Thu, May 10 2012 at 6:25 PM

    If you like delicious, nutritious food, then this is the right place for you to shop.

  • Sharing is caring: How to start a solar co-op

    Wed, Apr 25 2012 at 6:45 PM

    The Center for the New American Dream checks in with the Mount Pleasant Solar Cooperative, a neighborhood association in Washington, D.C., that has helped 100 homeowners go solar.

  • Eco-minded crowdfunding platform now coming to a neighborhood near you

    Tue, Apr 24 2012 at 6:48 PM

    After a successful four-year pilot run helping to raise funds for community-led environmental projects in NYC, online micro-philanthropy platform ioby expands nationwide.

  • What do Leonardo DiCaprio, Linkin Park, Hayden Panettiere and Sergio Marone have in common?

    Thu, Apr 19 2012 at 5:02 PM

    They are all judges in the Date with History contest that will send one young visionary to address the Rio Earth Summit in June.

  • IKEA-helmed housing development under way in London

    Mon, Apr 16 2012 at 8:00 AM

    Not content just sleeping on an IKEA mattress and preparing your meals with IKEA cookware? At Strand East, a mixed-use redevelopment project in London, the Swedish mega-retailer could also be your landlord.

  • Watch: A curbside 'food forest' grows in South L.A.

    Fri, Apr 13 2012 at 10:18 AM

    In response to the dearth of fresh, nutritious food in his community, urban gardener Ron Finley has created an edible garden atop a barren, weed-filled parking strip in South Los Angeles.

  • Park and pedal: Bike commuting made simple

    Wed, Apr 11 2012 at 7:38 PM

    Want a cool way to combat expensive gas? Take your bicycle at least part of the way. (We can't all live in Portland, where bicycle commuting has become a religion practiced by more than 5 percent of the population.)

  • Green sweeps: HGTV show house up for grabs in Serenbe

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 at 11:45 AM

    The HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2012 — a sweepstakes in which 1 lucky winner will walk away with a LEED-certified home in Georgia's Serenbe eco-community and an SUV — kicks off on April 13.

  • 10 inspiring urban gardens

    Wed, Mar 28 2012 at 10:57 AM

    One of the more encouraging aspects of the food reform movement is the latest push by urban planners and city dwellers to save neighborhoods from neglect through community gardening.

  • How the street failed Trayvon Martin

    Wed, Mar 28 2012 at 9:33 AM

    Numerous observers have noted that Trayvon Martin was killed on the streets of a gated community for the crime of 'walking while black.' His murder was aided and abetted by a failed urban design model tragically lacking in 'eyes on the street.'

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