My imagination was ignited a few weeks ago when I came across a post on BLDGBLOG about crypto-forests: forgotten patches of urban land where nature has
In the fall of 1999, I attended a conference for environmental justice advocates in Boston. The keynote speaker was a middle-aged African American woman whose job was
Digital artist Steve Price "builds Flash animations that show what blighted urban landscapes would look like if they became healthier, safer, and more sustainable pla
From the New Urbanism video series: "Terreform, a nonprofit architecture collective transforms the rooftop of a building in downtown Brooklyn into a shelter and farm for urban refugees--people
I have reported on how Florida's dearth of walkable and bike-able streets results in damage to the planet and to human bodies. Ben Fried at Streetsblog wrote
If your income is at a level similar to mine, you probably sigh in despair as you read about all these shiny new eco-villages and zero-emission homes. Those things are expensive; they might save money in the long run, but it's often hard
In part one of “The Slow Homes Manifesto,” I describe why we need a movement to slow down the building and selling of homes—and in the process create homes
I recently drove through Lakewood, a city 10 miles south of Los Angeles, just to see for myself what it looked like. Lakewood is the quintessential “fast homes” community—the housing equivalent of a fast-food order of “17,5
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