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‘Bloomberg Turns Attention to Solar Power’ - NY Times, April 8, 2008

Undaunted by legislative rejection of his plan to relieve congestion in New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg pushes for further sustainability measures - covered in today’s NY Times “City Room” blog.

Chris Carmody
www.carmodyandcompany.com

Back to the Future: More in the New York Times series on old-school new energy

An Acciona solar thermal power plant, located south of Las Vegas.“On sunny afternoons, those 10 plants would produce as much electricity as three nuclear reactors, but they can be built in as little as two years, compared with a decade or longer for a nuclear plant.”

Active Living By Design

Active Living by Design: Increasing physical activity through physical design Active Living by Design is Read the rest of this entry »

Sierra Club ranks Oberlin College as most environmentally friendly school in the U.S.

Oberlin College- Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies

Oberlin College, my alma mater, most environmental friendly school in the United States by the Sierra Club. The November/December 2007 cover story Read the rest of this entry »

New York City Planning begins public review for rezoning of Harlem’s renowned 125th street to strengthen its cultural presence and spur development

125th Street in Harlem - New York’s next arts & cultural economic development zone

In October, City Planning Director Amanda M. Burden announced the beginning of public review for a comprehensive rezoning of the 125th Street Corridor in Harlem Read the rest of this entry »

Adaptive Reuse: Lemonade out of lemons…

It seems easy, right? Take old, obsolete buildings, find uses more appropriate to the 21st century, and transform them. All too often though, Read the rest of this entry »

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