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What I noticed was the enormous houses cheek by jowl, hundreds of them. “How much do these places cost?” I asked Paul. In the $500,000 to $700,000 range he said. That was a little stunning to my naïve ears.“How on Earth could they afford them?”...

We just launched our I ♥ Urban Metabolism t-shirt fundraiser, which will not only give you the chance to put the "urban" on your metabolism but allow us to further develop our Urban Metabolism Information Systems (UMIS) platform to help planners, researchers and communities analyze...

12 NOON at San Francisco GREENFESTIVAL. Daniel Pinchbeck, Counter-Culture Icon and Richard Register discussed ecocities. Center Stage. Question they explored: "How do we achieve a quantum leap in human consciousness and upgrade to a thrivable planetary culture before everything hits the...

by Richard RegisterMaybe you're itching to take a wide, full swing to drive the shiny steel of a nice heavy pick deep under the asphalt. You too can leverage up a satisfying big slab of that black, gooey hard stuff. I...

[caption id="attachment_1944" align="alignleft" width="300"] Anil Chitrakar leading tour of Patan[/caption]Our hosts included Dr. Sudarshan Tiwari and Anusuya Joshi representing Shanta Lall Mulmi since unfortunately Shanta’s father ended up at exactly that time in a medical crisis and emergency operation to save his life, a successful...

Intensive at the Bioneers Conference, San Rafael, CA, hosted by the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Ecocity Builders’ Executive Director Kirstin Miller will present on Ecocity Mapping and the International Ecocity Standards...