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November 3, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- agriculture, conservation, density, florida, mining, smartgrowth, sprawl, watershed, wetlands
Lee County, Florida (Fort Myers) is moving forward with an innovative plan to use clustered, dense development instead of large-lot zoning to protect its water supply. Under current zoning the southeastern portion of the Gulf coast county has been threatened...continued→
June 24, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- agriculture, conservation, farmland, maryland, openspace, preservation, smartgrowth
These wonderful photographs of Frederick County, Maryland, are all by my friend Kai Hagen, writer, photographer, conservationist, entrepeneur, and County Commissioner. Kai is concerned that development is sprawling out onto prime soils even while there are ample sites within...continued→
April 21, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- agriculture, community, conservation, farmland, localfood, neighborhood, newtowns, smartgrowth, sprawl, urbanism
I want you to bear with me today, because this one is going to be a little long. America's best farmland is in trouble, and will only be in more trouble when the recovery comes. The American Farmland Trust,...continued→
December 5, 2008
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise
, Living Sustainably
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- cascadeagenda, cascadelandconservancy, community, conservation, forests, growthmanagement, pugetsound, smartgrowth
Not enough organizations and not enough of our messaging, in my opinion, explicitly links the saving of the rural and natural resource landscape with more compact growth. Lately I have begun to worry a bit that this fundamental link...continued→
December 4, 2008
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- antietam, battlefields, civilwar, conservation, easements, historicpreservation, sprawl, walmart, wildernessbattlefield
Several years ago, when we were researching and outlining Solving Sprawl, my co-author Jutka Terris advocated strongly for the inclusion of the example of using conservation easements on private land to protect Maryland's historic Antietam battlefield from sprawl development. ...continued→
September 23, 2008
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- conservation, farmland, KendallCounty, NewarkIllinois, smartgrowth, sprawl
When farmland that was slated for an exurban housing development is sold by the developer at a loss back to farming interests, you know that sprawl has passed its peak. Especially if it is just beyond the edge of...continued→
April 10, 2008
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- bicycling, community, conservation, farmland
Davis, California is the country’s most bicycle-friendly city, according to the League of American Bicyclists. More about that soon. In the meantime, though, be advised that a highly self-indulgent post follows. Yes, even more than usual. But think of it...continued→
April 2, 2008
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- agriculture, conservation, farmland, smartgrowth, sprawl
This news is a couple of weeks old but just reached me, as I was going through old email. I am sad to report that the country has lost one of its truly great conservation pioneers.Norman Berg practically invented the concept...continued→
