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Boulder Weekly | It’s not about the bike
Some say that the desires and demographics of the city of Boulder are shifting and that conservation policies need to accommodate those changes. Others point out that this isn’t the first time a group of recreationists has come into conflict with [...]
CSMonitor | Downtown need a makeover? More cities are razing urban highways
"For people who live and work around , they always had huge negative side effects: They broke up the urban fabric, were noisy, and divided cities," says Ted Shelton, a professor of architecture at the University of Tennessee who has studied urban [...]
EPA | Location Efficiency and Housing Type – Boiling it Down to BTUs
How and where we construct our communities has an enormous effect on our energy consumption. Buildings and transportation together account for about 70 percent of energy use in the United States and are responsible for about 62 percent of U.S. [...]
APA Planning | Rescuing the Castaways
Many cities have saved unique historic buildings by adapting them for new and profitable uses. But properties left stranded since 2008 by the receding flood of cheap loans are different. These are not one-in-a-million properties but one of a [...]
Transition Times | Envisioning Our Local Food System
From 1994 through 2009, farmers markets increased in Colorado by 13%. The assessment also reveals that the largest consumption of fruits and vegetables occurs in Boulder County with Larimer and Weld following farther behind in purchase and [...]
Slate | Landfills: Are we running out of room for our garbage?
In 1986, there were 7,683 dumps in the United States. By 2009, there were just 1,908 landfills nationwide—a 75 percent decline in disposal facilities in less than 25 years. Which brings us to the problem with the new system: Trash now has to [...]
