Emily Gertz sends dispatches from Verdopolis, a confab on future green cities

file this blog post under W for Wish I was there... At last, the social and the theoretical collide.


Emily Gertz sends dispatches from Verdopolis, a confab on future green cities |
Grist Magazine | Dispatches | 10 Feb 2005: "...It's a gathering where we dispense with arguing the moral imperative of fewer cars and more trees, and instead get on with figuring out how to design the bright green future for our growing cities. It's beyond anger, done with denial, and waist-deep into acceptance. And at this panel, we were accepting that human-caused climate instability has arrived, and making it better is both the right thing to do and a huge business opportunity. [...]"