Top 10 green U.S. cities
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The greenness of a city
Although the EPA has not established official criteria for ranking the greenness of a city, there are several key areas to measure for effectiveness in carbon footprint reduction. These include air and water quality, efficient recycling and management of waste, percentage of LEED-certified buildings, acres of land devoted to greenspace, use of renewable energy sources, and easy access to products and services that make green lifestyle choices (organic products, buying local, clean transportation methods) easy. MNN's editorial team rounded up our top 10. (Text: Angela Black)
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It is happening
Posted By SmartLifeways - Wed, Jun 16 2010 at 6:32 PM ESTIn spite of the tragedy in the gulf coast, and I do mean tragedy, more and more cities are realizing that "going green" is essential to the future of our cities. We basically need new skill sets to move us ahead. Many of these skills our parents or grandparents had and now we see how valuable they are.
It is time to be kinder to the earth and each other.
Mr
Posted By Arvind - Sat, Dec 12 2009 at 4:58 AM ESTSustainability pracititioner
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