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Building with the disabled in mind means better access for everyone

The new book Inclusive Design: A Pattern Book is probably the first guide to marrying sustainable urbanism to accessible design.

Driving a car doesn't mean being in control

It is during the times we are not able to drive that it becomes clear just how little "control" a car-dependent life provides.

Friday music blogging: Daft Punk (Tron)

Tron came out in the summer of 1982, when I was just shy of 10 years old. They're remaking it, but frankly my hopes are not high. What CGI can impress us any more? On the bright side, they've commissioned Daft Punk to do the soundtrack.

An artist, a few hundred bucks, and some paint can change a place

Art blossoms along a bike lane in Brooklyn, changing a bleak stretch of road.

The Tea Party's 'livability' paranoia

Stephanie Mencimer reports on the hilarious and frightening Tea Party campaign against sustainable development.

How to turn NIMBYs into YIMBYs

When it comes to development projects in their communities, people want honesty, transparency, and facts.

‘Farmageddon' doc tracks the coming food-safety showdown

Will jack-booted thugs from the FDA shut down the alternative food movement? The new documentary Farmageddon seems to think so.

John Adams Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Congratulations are in order for John H. Adams, the co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, who yesterday was named one of the 15 recipients this year of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. Adams is the first founder of an American environmental advocacy organization to receive the award since Russell […]

Nisson Leaf Test Drive

  Crossposted from the Biodiversivist blog   Nissan is touring the country with a dozen or so electric Leafs to let people test drive them. It was exciting to be sitting in the first viable mass-produced electric car from a major car manufacturer. This car has the backing of Nissan dealerships for maintenance, warranties, and […]

Some tips on city-fixing from people who should know, in New Orleans

Five years after Katrina, the people of New Orleans can be damn proud of the progress they have made. So listen up. They've learned some things about fixing their city that you could stand to know, even if you're not living in a disaster zone. Or if you're living in a place that just looks and feels like a disaster zone -- say, a crumbling Rust Belt city, or a foreclosure-gutted subdivision.