Topic: Sustainability
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Urban Wonk
Meet the Man Who 'Repairs the Fabric of Communities'
This developer has done more than almost anyone else to promote green affordable housing.
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Videos
Behind the Scenes in Barcelona's Innovative Solar Energy Program
The Catalan city is leading the way.
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New York's Sustainability Catch-22
The city's greenest asset – its subway system – also became its greatest weakness this week.
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Rankings
The Best Cities for Green Commuters
Which areas have the most bikers, the most walkers, and the most public transit riders?
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Bicycle Schools, Complete with Bamboo Bikes, On a Roll in Brazil
File under things that make you feel good.
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Urban Wonk
This Is What a Neighborhood Revitalization Actually Looks Like
A low-income community in Boston taps homegrown business leaders for a brighter future.
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The Big Fix
The Developing World's Most Innovative City for Trash Management Is ... Bangalore?
The Indian city is setting itself up as a model for how struggling cities can better handle waste disposal.
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Maps
Watch a City Aglow in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Researchers at Arizona State University have created software that tracks carbon dioxide emissions of whole cities, down to individual buildings and roadways.
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Videos
Paying People To Plant Trees
A Chicago group is fighting storm water pollution and heat islands by offering rebates to people who buy trees or rain barrels.
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Charts
A Man-Made, Net-Zero Energy Island Off the Coast of Istanbul
A proposal imagines 300,000 housing units built into six hyper-energy efficient domes.
