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Observations From 100 Posts: We Want To Feel Connection

November 30, 2011 by Kate Gallery
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November 30, 2011, Washington, DC: This morning marks a milestone: My 100th blog post. Not only have I made it this far, but the list of ideas for future posts is longer than ever. Funny what happens when you dip a toe in the water. What have I learned through the course of 100 posts? Have there been many surprises? Unexpected challenges or observations? Several of you have asked. Read on for lessons and reflections 100 posts in. (Then come back for blog post 101.) [read more]

Engage in Your City

March 12, 2010 by Daniel Schiller
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  Cities thrive on the engagement of their innovative, dynamic inhabitants. In that sense Sustainable Cities Collective is just like our real time municipalities. So I am inviting you, SCC virtual citizenry, to partake in our discourse. How you may ask? Well, we have a number of ways you can enhance and engage with our community... [read more]

TreeHugger Celebrates 5 Years. Congratulations!

August 12, 2009 by Adam Shake
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TreeHugger.com is 5 years old! Here is why we love them, and how they got to be the worlds largest and one of the best Environmental websites on the planet. Why do we love TreeHugger? Let us count the ways: They nominated us “Best of Green Culture and Celebrity” (No, we didn’t win, but the nomination was a huge honor!) They are the... [read more]

Blogger of the Week - Alex Ihnen of the St. Louis Urban Workshop

July 13, 2009 by Ari Herzog
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"Having long contributed comments to other blogs and forums, I established my own blog, the St. Louis Urban Workshop, in March of this year. It’s been a great way to connect to others with similar interests, and along with a Twitter account (@stlurbanworkshp), has introduced me to professionals within development, urban planning, and... [read more]

Traditional Media Continues to Blog About, Dismiss Bloggers as "a bunch of pipsqueaks"

July 9, 2009 by Alex Ihnen
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I started this blog as a hobby. I don't like to fish, can't stand golf and have no interest in model railroads. This is what I enjoy. Along the way I continue to meet fascinating people, learn a lot and hopefully introduce some relevant, previously unknown issues to those reading along.I'm not in the business of challenging the... [read more]

The Top 10 Things Every Green Blogger Must Do (Parody)

July 8, 2009 by Adam Shake
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Twilight Earth makes fun of itself with 10 Things Every Green Blogger Must Do. 1.  Create some type of Green top 10 list. Top 10 lists are cool, right? I mean it’s what brought you here in the first place! A lot of people who seem to know what they are talking about, keep telling bloggers that the one thing that is lacking in... [read more]

Liberia's analogue blogger

June 18, 2009 by Rory Williams
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Originally on AfriGadget: Alfred Sirleaf is an analog blogger. He runs the “Daily News”, a news hut by the side of a major road in the middle of Monrovia. He started it a number of years ago, stating that he wanted to get news into the hands of those who couldn't afford newspapers, in the language that they could understand. And this... [read more]

Blogger of the Week: Kaid Benfield

June 15, 2009 by Ari Herzog
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Raised in the mountains of western North Carolina, Kaid Benfield is accustomed writing about the natural environment. After 20 years as a litigating attorney and a few more as a lobbyist, he now lives in Washington, D.C. and works for the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization with a mission statement "to... [read more]

Get the Smarter Cities Widget for your blog, site, page. And...

May 19, 2009 by Jack Mason
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Get the Smarter Cities Widget for your blog, site, page. And spread the smarter word! [read more]

Sustainable Cities Collective

May 15, 2009 by Lisa Town
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When I started this blog it didn’t even occur to me that anyone would want to read it. I just wanted a place to collect my thoughts and inspirations whether they be from the internet or my own observations here and abroad. It is my Inspiration Wall. I never posted a link anywhere, never told anyone and for the longest time I... [read more]

Two Great Sites

May 15, 2009 by Will Gorman
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I wanted to write a short post about two great sites I found, Sustainable Cities Collective and Landscape + Urbanism. Both are really great sites with neat pictures and interesting content. They cover a variety of topics, and not just green roofs, that I think you may find interesting.I will put a link under Resources so you can find... [read more]

3 New Blogs

May 15, 2009 by Jason King
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A few interesting new blogs that have either been pointed out to me or I've stumbled upon in the last weeks... do you have a blog that would be worth a cross-link? Let me know.Fitting nicely into the Veg.itectural, I got an email from blogger Will Gorman about his blog 'Cleaner Air through Green Roofs' - featuring, obviously content... [read more]