Portland, USA
Consistently ranked as the most sustainable city in the USA, Portland in Oregon has been thinking about its impact on the environment since the 1970s. Long before anyone else the city had enacted strict land-use regulations, an urban growth boundary and began plans for sustainable development. Even 30 years ago Portland was thinking green, the fact they demolished a huge highway in order to build a waterfront park proves it! Portland's forward thinking is renowned worldwide and the city have produced the '20 Minute City' plan aiming to provide residents with everything including school, shops and work within a 20 minute walk of home. Through such initiatives, Portland plans to fulfill all its energy requirements with renewable sources by the end of this year!
Cities blazing a green trail
By Matthew Knight for CNN
April/2010
#1 Portland, OR
#2 Reykjavik, Iceland
#3 Vancouver, Canada
#4 Copenhagen, Denmark
#5 Malmö, Sweden
#6 Chicago, IL
#7 Curitiba, Brazil
#8 Frieburg, Germany
#9 Masdar, Abu Dhabi
Popular Science's Top 50 Green in USA
1. Portland, Ore. 23.1
* Electricity: 7.1 Transportation: 6.4 Green Living: 4.8 Recycling/Perspective: 4.8
America’s top green city has it all: Half its power comes from renewable sources, a quarter of the workforce commutes by bike, carpool or public transportation, and it has 35 buildings certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
2. San Francisco, Calif. 23.0
* Electricity: 6.8 Transportation: 8.8 Green Living: 3.5 Recycling/Perspective: 3.9
3. Boston, Mass. 22.7
* Electricity: 5.7 Transportation: 8.7 Green Living: 3.4 Recycling/Perspective: 4.9
4. Oakland, Calif. 22.5
* Electricity: 7.0 Transportation: 7.5 Green Living: 3.1 Recycling/Perspective: 4.9
5. Eugene, Ore. 22.4
* Electricity: 10.0 Transportation: 4.7 Green Living: 2.9 Recycling/Perspective: 4.8
6. Cambridge, Mass. 22.2
* Electricity: 6.1 Transportation: 7.5 Green Living: 3.9 Recycling/Perspective: 4.7
7. Berkeley, Calif. 22.2
* Electricity: 6.2 Transportation: 8.4 Green Living: 2.9 Recycling/Perspective: 4.7
8. Seattle, Wash. 22.1
* Electricity: 6.2 Transportation: 7.3 Green Living: 4.7 Recycling/Perspective: 3.9
9. Chicago, Ill. 21.3
* Electricity: 5.4 Transportation: 7.3 Green Living: 5.0 Recycling/Perspective: 3.6
10. Austin, Tex. 21.0
* Electricity: 6.9 Transportation: 5.9 Green Living: 3.3 Recycling/Perspective: 4.9
11. Minneapolis, Minn. 20.3
* Electricity: 7.8 Transportation: 7.4 Green Living: 2.8 Recycling/Perspective: 2.3
12. St. Paul, Minn. 20.2
* Electricity: 8.0 Transportation: 4.0 Green Living: 3.5 Recycling/Perspective: 4.7
13. Sunnyvale, Calif. 19.9
* Electricity: 7.3 Transportation: 6.8 Green Living: 2.2 Recycling/Perspective: 3.6
14. Honolulu, Hawaii 19.9
* Electricity: 6.0 Transportation: 7.8 Green Living: 2.6 Recycling/Perspective: 3.5
15. Fort Worth, Tex. 19.7
* Electricity: 8.3 Transportation: 4.6 Green Living: 2.4 Recycling/Perspective: 4.4
16. Albuquerque, N.M. 19.1
* Electricity: 7.6 Transportation: 5.5 Green Living: 2.4 Recycling/Perspective: 3.6
17. Syracuse, N.Y. 18.9
* Electricity: 7.0 Transportation: 4.9 Green Living: 2.6 Recycling/Perspective: 4.4
18. Huntsville, Ala. 18.4
* Electricity: 6.2 Transportation: 4.1 Green Living: 3.6 Recycling/Perspective: 4.5
19. Denver, Colo. 18.2
* Electricity: 5.9 Transportation: 5.2 Green Living: 3.0 Recycling/Perspective: 4.1
20. New York, N.Y. 18.2
* Electricity: 2.8 Transportation: 10.0 Green Living: 3.4 Recycling/Perspective: 2.0
* CATEGORY LEADER: Transportation
More than 54 percent of New Yorkers take public transportation to work, beating the next-best metropolis, Washington, D.C., by 17 percent.
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Consistently ranked as the most sustainable city in the USA, Portland in Oregon has been thinking about its impact on the environment since the 1970s. Long before anyone else the city had enacted strict land-use regulations, an urban growth boundary and began plans for sustainable development. Even 30 years ago Portland was thinking green, the fact they demolished a huge highway in order to build a waterfront park proves it! Portland's forward thinking is renowned worldwide and the city have produced the '20 Minute City' plan aiming to provide residents with everything including school, shops and work within a 20 minute walk of home. Through such initiatives, Portland plans to fulfill all its energy requirements with renewable sources by the end of this year!
- Skinny 8-01-2010 11:51 pm
Cities blazing a green trail
By Matthew Knight for CNN
April/2010
#1 Portland, OR
#2 Reykjavik, Iceland
#3 Vancouver, Canada
#4 Copenhagen, Denmark
#5 Malmö, Sweden
#6 Chicago, IL
#7 Curitiba, Brazil
#8 Frieburg, Germany
#9 Masdar, Abu Dhabi
- Skinny 8-01-2010 11:57 pm [add a comment]
Popular Science's Top 50 Green in USA
1. Portland, Ore. 23.1
* Electricity: 7.1 Transportation: 6.4 Green Living: 4.8 Recycling/Perspective: 4.8
America’s top green city has it all: Half its power comes from renewable sources, a quarter of the workforce commutes by bike, carpool or public transportation, and it has 35 buildings certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
2. San Francisco, Calif. 23.0
* Electricity: 6.8 Transportation: 8.8 Green Living: 3.5 Recycling/Perspective: 3.9
3. Boston, Mass. 22.7
* Electricity: 5.7 Transportation: 8.7 Green Living: 3.4 Recycling/Perspective: 4.9
4. Oakland, Calif. 22.5
* Electricity: 7.0 Transportation: 7.5 Green Living: 3.1 Recycling/Perspective: 4.9
5. Eugene, Ore. 22.4
* Electricity: 10.0 Transportation: 4.7 Green Living: 2.9 Recycling/Perspective: 4.8
6. Cambridge, Mass. 22.2
* Electricity: 6.1 Transportation: 7.5 Green Living: 3.9 Recycling/Perspective: 4.7
7. Berkeley, Calif. 22.2
* Electricity: 6.2 Transportation: 8.4 Green Living: 2.9 Recycling/Perspective: 4.7
8. Seattle, Wash. 22.1
* Electricity: 6.2 Transportation: 7.3 Green Living: 4.7 Recycling/Perspective: 3.9
9. Chicago, Ill. 21.3
* Electricity: 5.4 Transportation: 7.3 Green Living: 5.0 Recycling/Perspective: 3.6
10. Austin, Tex. 21.0
* Electricity: 6.9 Transportation: 5.9 Green Living: 3.3 Recycling/Perspective: 4.9
11. Minneapolis, Minn. 20.3
* Electricity: 7.8 Transportation: 7.4 Green Living: 2.8 Recycling/Perspective: 2.3
12. St. Paul, Minn. 20.2
* Electricity: 8.0 Transportation: 4.0 Green Living: 3.5 Recycling/Perspective: 4.7
13. Sunnyvale, Calif. 19.9
* Electricity: 7.3 Transportation: 6.8 Green Living: 2.2 Recycling/Perspective: 3.6
14. Honolulu, Hawaii 19.9
* Electricity: 6.0 Transportation: 7.8 Green Living: 2.6 Recycling/Perspective: 3.5
15. Fort Worth, Tex. 19.7
* Electricity: 8.3 Transportation: 4.6 Green Living: 2.4 Recycling/Perspective: 4.4
16. Albuquerque, N.M. 19.1
* Electricity: 7.6 Transportation: 5.5 Green Living: 2.4 Recycling/Perspective: 3.6
17. Syracuse, N.Y. 18.9
* Electricity: 7.0 Transportation: 4.9 Green Living: 2.6 Recycling/Perspective: 4.4
18. Huntsville, Ala. 18.4
* Electricity: 6.2 Transportation: 4.1 Green Living: 3.6 Recycling/Perspective: 4.5
19. Denver, Colo. 18.2
* Electricity: 5.9 Transportation: 5.2 Green Living: 3.0 Recycling/Perspective: 4.1
20. New York, N.Y. 18.2
* Electricity: 2.8 Transportation: 10.0 Green Living: 3.4 Recycling/Perspective: 2.0
* CATEGORY LEADER: Transportation
More than 54 percent of New Yorkers take public transportation to work, beating the next-best metropolis, Washington, D.C., by 17 percent.
- Skinny 8-02-2010 12:03 am [add a comment]