A few months back our Five Friday Facts came by way of a 60 Minutes story on Brazil (see the video clip below). Many of the facts touted Brazil’s progress in the area of clean energy. One that did not make the cut was the following fact, “Ninety percent of the roads in the country are still [...]
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The Double Edged Sword of Growth and Development
March 14th, 2011 
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Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, China, Conservation, Economics, Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Real Estate, Sustainable Development, Transportation 
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1 Comment »Poll: How Do You Get To Work?
October 6th, 2009 Eric Wilson Here at 2nd Green Revolution, we think about transportation, smart growth, and walkable/carless cities. After watching No Impact Man last week, we decided to resurrect a poll that had been on the shelf for a while. Take a moment to tell us how you commute to work. If you use a combination of these forms, [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Polls, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Bus, Carless Cities, Smart Growth, Trains No Comments »The Kentlands Celebrates 20 Years of New Urbanist Bliss
June 9th, 2009 Eric Wilson In the suburbs of Washington D.C., the development known as The Kentlands recently celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its founding. The community is one of the earliest examples of New Urbanist architecture. In fact, it is often touted as the oldest such development. Along with towns such as Seaside, Florida and Stapleton in Denver, Colorado, [...]
Inspirational Eulogy; Putting the Earth Together
May 27th, 2009 Justin Manger Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman, ends with him quoting a eulogy. The eulogy is for Donella H. “Dana” Meadows, a “Dartmouth-based environmental expert and writer” who died in 2001. The remarks at her memorial service were made by Amory Lovins, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute, and they express the kind of cautious [...]
Posted in Education, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainable Development Tags: Energy, Quotations, Smart Growth, Thomas Friedman No Comments »A Carless City Emerges Outside Freiburg, Germany
May 15th, 2009 Eric Wilson Frieburg, Germany is already a leader in solar energy (despite its northern latitude and cloudy climate) as discussed in two earlier posts (one on Ecopolis and the other on Germany’s solar industry). In another example of sustainable development, The New York Times reported that Vauban, a suburb of the southern German city near the Swiss [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Cars, Smart Growth No Comments »Lessons for a Sustainable Future: Learning from Las Vegas Revisited
May 12th, 2009 Eric Wilson More than 35 years ago American architect Robert Venturi along with Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour published a treatise on architecture titled Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of the Architectural Form. The premise of the work relates to a perceived need at the time for a shift in architectural design and meaning. [...]
Home, Sweet Home; Earth Day 2009
April 22nd, 2009 Justin Manger Posted in Site Visits, Sustainable Development Tags: Earth Day, Lifecycle, Smart Growth No Comments »Aspiring to Build Green
February 21st, 2009 Eric Wilson “Building Green” suggests the use of energy efficient materials such as insulation, Energy Star appliances, renewable and sustainable materials such as bamboo flooring, recycled glass counter tops and low volatile organic compound (VOC) paint. However, many builders that offer “Green Built” homes do not take into account smart growth. Some developers construct so-called green residences [...]
Korea’s “Green Growth” and the Idea of “Eco-cities”
February 20th, 2009 admin On February 17th, the think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted an event titled “Korea’s Green Growth Gambit.” Korea is rapidly making the environment a focal point of scholarly research since the country already faces significant environmental problems. The government has already committed significant funds to research solutions. Take colleges, for example. [...]
Posted in Education, Green Building, Justin Manger, Sustainable Development Tags: Desalination, Smart Growth, Urban Planning No Comments »Smart Growth, Housing, and Balance
February 19th, 2009 Stephen Wade by Stephen Wade, Guest Author Arlington County’s mixed-use development along its public transit corridor has allowed it to weather the financial calamity better than most any other jurisdiction in the country. The balance of residential and commercial development has kept revenue high as the County is not dependent on only one type of development. This balance [...]
Posted in Economics, Guest Authors, Sustainable Development Tags: Smart Growth, Stephen Wade 1 Comment »
