Cities, Towns, Transport

A livable, sustainable human habitat.

What's the matter with sprawl?

by Meredith Dearborn, Lisa Kundrat

posted Jul 29, 2005

This article outlines some downfalls of urban sprawl, from environmental to psychological effects.

Just, Green & Beautiful Cities

by Carl Anthony

posted Jun 03, 2005

Carl Anthony on the regional equity movement, and making cities work.

Appalachian Ecovillage

by Christopher Gutsche, Kathleen Smith

posted May 24, 2005

Campus housing goes green at Berea College.

The New City Beautiful

by Francesca Lyman

posted May 09, 2005

Vancouver, Seattle, London, and Chicago are getting healthier and more beautiful through "green urbanism."

Cities For All: An Interview with Angela Glover Blackwell

by Sarah van Gelder

posted May 09, 2005

Angela Glover Blackwell is founder and CEO of PolicyLink, a national organization working for economic and social equity. Her work has centered on revitalizing low-income communities and communities of color and public-interest law. She recently co-authored Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America (2002, WW Norton & Co).

Resource Guide for Just, Green, Beautiful Communities

by Lisa Kundrat

posted Apr 22, 2005

Websites, books and organizations providing sustainable design tools, networks for change, resources for advancing equity, and improving schools.

Detroit Renaissance

by Shawn Rhea

posted May 20, 2004

the story of a grassroots effort to renew a post-industrial city. AC3T, Boggs Center, Detroit summer, Adamah, Grace Boggs, Cass Corridor Food Cooperative, Romanowski Park.

Breaking Down Buildings, Building Up a Neighborhood

by Holly Dressel

posted Sep 30, 2002

The suicide economy is all too ready to cast off used material, disadvantaged people, and troubled neighborhoods. These living economy entrepreneurs are turning throwaways into gold.

Warm, Dry, And Noble

by Andrea Dean

posted Jun 30, 2002

Samuel Mockbee founded Rural Studio, creating simple but inventive structures made of inexpensive, mostly salvaged or donated materials.

Curitiba: Story of a City

by Bill McKibben

posted Jun 30, 1999

Curitiba, Brazil, is drawing attention around the world not for its beauty or cultural amenities but for its solutions to ecological and human problems that have left other cities in despair.

Resource Guide for Exuberant Cities

by Johanna Zetterberg, Mark Overbay

posted Jun 30, 1999

Resources for livable communities, walkable communities, and better public transport.

Dreams: The Making of Cities

by Peter Newman

posted Jun 30, 1999

"A city should be a place of exuberance and exaltation of the human spirit, a place for celebration and public 'happenings', for rich and easy encounter, for relaxation and enjoyment." E.R.Wickham

Diverse, Green, Beautiful Cities: an interview with Carl Anthony

by Sarah Ruth van Gelder

posted Jun 30, 1999

A multi-cultural coalition can lead the way to greener and more vibrant cities that work for all residents, says Carl Anthony in this interview with YES! executive editor, Sarah van Gelder.

Betting On the Green

by Carl Frankel

posted Jun 30, 1997

From the White House to Chicago and New York City, Carl Frankel seeks out green design.