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  • Have You Hugged Your Tree Today?

    On Arbor Day, appreciate the trees Urban forest cover in many U.S. cities has declined about 30 percent over the past 10 to 15 years, according to the green group […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • Ford Too Shall TerraPass

    Ford teams up with TerraPass to help drivers offset emissions Like the man said, the times they are a-changin’. Slowly, but a-changin’ nonetheless. Ford Motor Co., manufacturer of all things […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • How Wendy Brawer put green on the map

    Don’t let Wendy Brawer’s urban address fool you — this New Yorker has a soft spot for nature. After all, she’s the founder of Modern World Design, an eco-design firm, […]

    Tim Sprinkle Cities

  • SOL: Sustaining Ourselves Locally

    According to the Current TV Studio blog, SOL, a viewer-contributed piece about a sustainable development project in Oakland, will be airing on TV.

    I think this is a good example of how people like you, armed with a camera and a passion, can produce a short film that could potentially reach 28 million homes (according to a company press release [PDF]).

    Here's the synopsis on Current:

    This is specifically a piece on an urban sustainable development project in Oakland that consists of 9 people working together to do community environment work. Amazing project that focuses on everything from compost and farming to food justice.

    Watch it now.

    Chris Schults Cities

  • Oh No He Didn’t

    Chrysler official takes public potshot at oil companies What’s more fun than a quiet, simmering feud between Big Auto and Big Oil? A public catfight! Chief Chrysler spokesflack Jason Vines […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • Bay City Tollers

    San Francisco looks into congestion charging If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear … a money clip. The city creatively known as “The City” plans to study […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • Does Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods say anything new?

    OK, call me a crank, a malcontent, a hypercritical reviewer with a small, crabbed heart. But despite all its earnestness, despite its heartfelt message, which an environmentalist and concerned parent […]

    Naomi Schalit Cities

  • An interview with Richard Louv about the need to get kids out into nature

    Richard Louv is an anecdote machine. As we milled about near the door of a Seattle cafe awaiting lunch-hour seating, he kept up a constant stream of witty, telling stories […]

    David Roberts Cities

  • Oiling for a Flight

    The top 10 best places to live during an oil crisis Pack yer bags, kids — there’s an oil crisis coming and we’re moving to the Big Apple! Eco-website SustainLane […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • So 2003

    Luxury SUVs are losing their cool The jerk-offs who drive enormous, fuel-hogging luxury SUVs between their gated McMansions, plastic surgeons, and corporate-whore jobs — not that there’s anything wrong with […]

    Grist staff Cities