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Am wondering which cities people consider environmentally friendly/green? I always hear about Portland but wondering what other cities are considered so and some examples of what the residents/cities do to keep their city "green?"
Arcata and Davis, CA, I believe have had green ambitions for a long time. Though I don't know much about it, I hear San Francisco is making strides, supporting residential composting efforts, strong focus on recycling, and so on. Maybe someone else who knows more about what's happening in SF might chime in.
A lot of midsize Western/Rocky Mountain cities are becoming Green havens and promoting green construction in a big way---like Boise, Boulder, and Salt Lake. I know that Boise has one of the highest rated Green office towers in the nation, The Banner Bank Building.
Austin, Texas, is very environmentally friendly and has been for quite some time. Lots of programs encouraging green building and sustainable development, new urbanism developments going in around Austin, rebates for everything from low flow toilets to rainwater harvesting, to name just a few examples.
We have saved a large amount of land in the city (largest city parks system in the US), so you can be in the city and quickly get to preserved land to kyack, swim, hike, etc.
We do have a good recycling program. The city makes it very easy - just put all your recycling in one bin at the curb, the cost is included in our property taxes.
We do have organized, concerned citizens, I'm just not sure that we have enough concerned citizens. Right now, we are fighting what seems to be an uphill battle to save our local river - The Saint Johns - from being pilfered of its' water to serve the citizens of Central Florida (who must have their green grass, don't ya know! ). The Saint Johns is one of 14 nationally designated Heritage Rivers in the US. Our local Riverkeepers are suing the Saint Johns River Management District to try and stop the action.
At times, it feels like the "behind the times" Southern city outsiders view it as .
Am wondering which cities people consider environmentally friendly/green? I always hear about Portland but wondering what other cities are considered so and some examples of what the residents/cities do to keep their city "green?"
Believe it or not NYC has one of the best plans moving forward for going green. I think UN voted their plan the best in the world (if I remember right). LA also has a great plan moving forward
A lot of cities in America know that we don't have long for oil to become so high that cost for goods are going to be to high for most Americans. So they are coming up with initiatives. In fact Chicago has urban farming initiatives because they know, we can no longer afford to have food trucked in from extreme distances. I am in the process of moving right now and my criteria for a future city is it MUST have a comprehensive plan moving forward.
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). The Saint Johns is one of 14 nationally designated Heritage Rivers in the US. Our local Riverkeepers are suing the Saint Johns River Management District to try and stop the action.
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