SNOW HILL — Greene County educators and school administrators gathered last week at Greene County Middle School to show off eChalk, an online education network. The network, which has been in place in Greene County Schools since 2003, helps teachers communicate better with students and parents, Assistant Superintendent Pat MacNeill said. “We wanted our community [...]
Courtesy Treehugger writer Jesse Fox, we bring this interview with Stacey Frost of Urban Re:Vision. “A block is to the city as a cell is to the human body.” Stacey Frost is an interesting woman, to say the least. When this former cattle rancher, neuropsychologist and options trader decided to focus on renovating historical buildings, [...]
As part of a planned rehabilitation of Pier 2, Fort Mason Center plans to adopt LEED Silver standards and install a large-scale solar array, which will provide for 80% of the Center’s total energy consumption. To celebrate their commitment and to contribute to Fort Mason Center’s sustainable future, West Coast Green is convening a Design [...]
The Hunter’s Point Shipyard in San Francisco is so dangerous that the U.S. Environmental Agency has designated it as one of the most polluted sites in the nation. But instead of letting the site fester, San Francisco has just announced plans to rid the shipyard of its toxins and build the U.N. Global Compact Center, [...]
Sensible City’s social media philosophy has always encouraged “measurable, meaningful and consistent dialogue across a broad community platform.” It is in pursuit of this goal that we heavily encourage video dialogue (as opposed to marketing flashies) as an integral part of each communications platform. Out of over 600 posted last year, the following videos received [...]
West Coast Green, an annual gathering of architects, contractors, entrepreneurs and designers — as well as plain old homeowners interested in building green — has announced the dates for its 2009 conference in San Francisco. The event, which describes itself as “the largest conference on green innovation for the built environment”, and is in its [...]
Our friends at West Coast Green were mentioned in the Archinnovations Magazine on Saturday. West Coast Green is co-sponsoring the competition “Lifecycle Building Challenge 3″. The competition aims to attract built and un-built projects that save resources and cut costs and green house emissions. To read the full Archinnovative article click here.
Green-Buildings.Com, the green building and education service, reviewed Re: Vision Dallas’ ECOBlOCK entry from the firm ODA in New York City. Inspired by the basic elements of wind, water, earth and sun, ECOBLOCK focuses on the aspect of creating a community. ODA did not win the competition, but they submitted a very interesting concept that [...]
Never let it be said that we here at Sensible City don’t have a broad range of diverse interests. So much to report on this week, its hard to narrow down what we liked the most. The following are links of news, articles, events that popped up on our radar. The Governator believes California is [...]
Over the last few weeks Sensible City has been putting Re: Vision Dallas and Urban Revision in the ears, eyes and minds of the most popular and influential blogs, media portals and news services. A big idea loves hard work and together we’ve helped spread the world for Urban Revision online. The following is a list of some of our favorite [...]
Dallas: the green frontier The 6th competition in a series, Re:Vision DALLAS is an opportunity to transform an existing city block in Dallas into a model of cutting-edge sustainable practices. We invite you to be part of this ground-breaking effort and help lay the foundation for sustainable urban design, as well as the opportunity to [...]
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