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According to a recent study conducted by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, that people who live in cities produce smaller carbon foot prints than those who live in suburbs even though cities produce more greenhouses gases per acre than suburban and rural areas.
City Has Smaller Footprint than Suburbs
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Growing up in the city, there were so many kids on my block and nearby, I rarely found a reason to travel more than a mile from house to hang out with friends, etc.
When we moved to the 'burbs right before I started high school, I had to be picked up and dropped off from my friends' houses by my parents most of the time. I was completely paralyzed until I got a drivers license.
I'd have to say that moving from a high population density area to a low population area was a pretty big culture shock.
The contrarians at Reason speak out in defense of suburbia --
And though the 1998 article might seem just a little dated, the same basic, anti-urban planning (indeed, anti-Burnham) argument is made today, if only by the most obvious cheerleaders for the petroleum industry, the biggest beneficiaries of urban sprawl.
In line with Reason's article, here's a Wall Street Journal piece asking if Hollywood hates the suburbs: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123033369595836301.html
Personally, having lived in both city and suburbs, I hate the value judgments that are attached to where people choose to (or are forced to) live. Often though, it seems that more vitriol is directed at suburbanites than at city-dwellers and that's regrettable.
Maybe it's just me, but this story screams "duh."
I came from a suburb of the Twin Cities, and driving was the only option. I love not having a car in Chicago. I walk or take the CTA everywhere, and doing those two things means my carbon footprint is much, much lower than people who drive every single day.
Not sure how scientific/accurate this is, but I found a carbon footprint calculator. I'm sure it's one of many online.
Seems pretty self-evident these days, yeah. But 10 or 15 years ago these kinds of ideas had not yet reached the so-called "tipping point."
15 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
1 .Buy organic and local.
2. Pay attention to packaging.
3. Ditch bottled water.
4. Energy-proof your home.
5. Go native.
6. Window shop.
7. Take a direct flight.
8. Switch water heaters to vacation mode.
9. Unplug it!
10. Keep your car.
11. Chuck your microwave..
12. Use cold water..
13. Have the family over."?
14. Make time for errands.
15. The Three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
From: http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumed/tips.html
Check out www.htaindex.org and click on the CO2 maps (Household Auto Greenhouse Gas Emissions) to see how your neighborhood compares.
Am I the only one here who doesn't give a damn what his "carbon footprint" is?
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