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Agenda 21: The United Nations Threat To Control Our Lightbulbs, Our Lifestyles and Our Lives

9:36 am in Business & Politics, compact fluorescent lights, heritage buildings, michele bachmann, politics, sustainable development, urban planning by TreeHugger

I disagreed with TreeHugger Brian the other day, about what is driving the Tea Party madness in Washington. He said money; I said ideology. Here's why. In my spare time, I am active in the Heritage Preservation movement; I think old buildings and communities are more than relics from the past, they are templates for the future. For the last year I have been trying to determine the cause of a remarkable rise in the belief that property rights are sacrosanct, even in...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Are Urban Chickens a Gateway Drug For Urban Cows and Pigs?

9:47 am in canada, chicken coop, food, heritage buildings, urban farms by TreeHugger

chicken-closeup.jpg Graham and David's Chickens in Dorset, Ontario. Image credit Lloyd Alter Campbellford is a lovely little town of 3500 people in bucolic Northumberland County, Ontario; I know quite a few people who have fled the city and are teleworking from there. But certain urban ideas are not welcome there, such as raising your own chickens. TreeHugger Best of Green Winner City Farmer quotes the mayor:
I think it's just wrong to have animals in the urban centres. What's next? Where do we draw the line? Cattle, swin...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Kaid Benfield on The Greenest Building Is The One In The Right Context

9:31 am in Design & Architecture, green building, green design, heritage buildings, urban life by TreeHugger

wilmington.jpg Kaid Benfield of the NRDC was in Wilmington for the Greening Historic Communities Symposium to speak about how The greenest (historic) building is the one that's in the right context. He writes:
If you care about green preservation, you also have to take into account that households in centrally located properties and neighborhoods use far less energy and emit far...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Heritage Is Green: Lessons From The Architectural Conservancy

1:23 pm in ban demolition, Design & Architecture, heritage buildings by TreeHugger

heritage urbanism image Just over two years ago I asked TreeHugger prez Ken and editor Meg if I could take on a time-consuming volunteer gig as President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, a 76 year old heritage activist organization. They were totally supportive, and when term was up this past weekend, Meg suggested that I write about what I had learned from the experience. However, looking back at many of the posts I have written over the last two years, I realized that I already have, many times in TreeHugger. I also realized that my thinking about the environment and green building has evolved significantly durin...Read the full story on TreeHugger