Enrique Gili is a freelance writer covering Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (The overseers at Seed media requested that I post on an upcoming conference covening August 4th in San Jose on creating sustainable cities. Held in tandem with the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Here at Gili Industries Amalgamated (my bedroom), the minions and I (meaning the cat), have been working tirelessly ( between naps), to cover these very same issues. Focused more on finding solutions than confronting the problems facing ubban landscapes in light of global warming and the ongoing exploitation of natural resources. Below the fold you will find a series of articles written on behalf of Inter Press news agency and the International Federation of Environmental Journalists penned under the rubric of sustainable development.
An industrial park seems an unlikely location to find a native plant garden. "It's mind-blowing," says Jim Mumford having built a rooftop haven for wayward butterflies and pollinating plants.
Sandalistas are on the march here to create a homegrown organic food movement, encouraging gardeners to tear up their lawns for healthier, more natural alternatives. In doing so, they're advocating the re-greening of the urban landscape for the sake of food security and social justice.
Oregon's spectacular coastline could become the United States' centre for wave energy development in coming years, with plans underway to install power buoys in locations with enough potential to meet the state's future energy needs.
A low-rise bungalow on a busy street here serves as the world headquarters and nerve centre for Whale Tails, a tortilla chip company dedicated to making healthier snack food -- and healing the planet.
We have almost all the tools at our disposal to make have a real impact on reducing carbon emissions, isn't it time we start acting on them?
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The most important thing we can do if we want to build sustainable cities is to systematically demolish and relocate currently existing cities along coastlines and inland waterways. The recovered territories should be restored as greenways.
Posted by: bob koepp | July 10, 2007 02:04 PM