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Feb. 28, 2012 / Gordon Price

Metro Van Dematerializes

The latest Sustainability Dialogue from Metro: What would such a transition to an economy without waste look like? What societal…

Feb. 28, 2012 / Gordon Price

LEED Backlash in The States?

From ULI ‘s UrbanLand: In terms of LEED alternatives, a growing number of state and local governments are adopting different…

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Feb. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

The High Cost of Speed

In real-estate terms, that is. Steve Mouzon picks up Charles Marohn’s theme: Auto-oriented design produces a lousy return on investment. …

Feb. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

The New American Dream: Renting

From Yahoo Finance: Examining 250 properties around the U.S., and going through close to 40 client files to project the…

Feb. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

B.C.’s Second City: Surrey

Nate Berg of Atlantic Cities does an overview piece on Surrey – not anything new for most readers here, but…

Feb. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

From Carbon Talks: Find out about this soon-to-be released book in a free Vancouver public lecture by climate scientist and…

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Feb. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

Tour: Net-zero lane house

After you’ve read the post below, you might want to take the tour of a net-zero lane house this weekend:…

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Feb. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

Blue Marble Carbon Bubble

Bill McKibben makes some observations about this image – a high-def shot of the earth taken on January 4th. .…

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Feb. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

McMansions now more bite-sized?

From Atlantic Cities: The real estate research firm Trulia found in 2010, for example, that the median “ideal home size”…

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Feb. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

Two words: “Fare Evasion”

Two words guaranteed to get a heated discussion underway. Which is what is happening on The Buzzer, if you care…

Feb. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

Baseball, Steroids and Climate Change

Last month, we saw how climate change is like walking your dog. This month, it’s steroids and baseball: .…

Feb. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

On Financing Growth: Down Memory Lane with Cameron Gray

As we watch with interest the discussion on how to create more affordable housing, no doubt the subject of Community…

Feb. 07, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Real Cost of Affordable Housing

Given the launch of the Housing Affordability Task Force – and an interim report due by March – now’s the…

Feb. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

Why can’t we rent?

This article is generating some interest, now that affordable housing is at the top of the must-do list: Brits buy…

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