Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield is the director of the Sustainable Communities program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law, co-founder of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, and co-founder of Smart Growth America coalition, and author of several books on cities, smart growth and sprawl.
Watch for Kaid’s forthcoming book,
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Building a Greener Dorm
New apartments at the College of William & Mary will cut energy consumption by about 75 percent
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How Public Transit Celebrates the Holidays
A roundup of the best train lights and subway car decorations
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Silicon Valley's Urban Planning Dilemma
An environmental law that sometimes keeps the region from building housing that's close to jobs
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How We're Failing Our Parks
America has more city parks, but less money to pay for them
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A Rapidly Sprawling Community Tries to Save Itself
A county outside of Atlanta develops an ambitious smart growth plan
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In Miami, Weed Whacking as Protest Art
Tired of asking the government to tend to sidewalk overgrowth, a group of friends took matters into their own hands
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Smart Growth Advocates Shouldn't Ignore Rural Communities
Small towns deserve funding too
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The Smart Growth Priority Advocates Are Forgetting
Land conservation should be central to sustainable communities
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The Best Smart Growth Projects in America
The EPA's newly released list includes a green learning center and an innovative civic gathering space
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The End of Sprawl
Businesses are moving downtown, the suburban office park is basically extinct - is a more urban future inevitable?
