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Sustainable Communities

J.H. Crawford's carfree.com is the website that first got me interested in sustainable communities, and is based on his book.

Another very good book on the subject is Richard Register’s EcoCities, Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature.  Find out more at ecocitybuilders.org

Richard Register argues for high density eco-cities with, amongst other features, bridges between buildings

Zedfactory are the people behind BedZED and similar low carbon, low impact projects.

CABE - the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.  Their website includes a large number of housing case studies.

newurbanism.org has a good article on pedestrian cities and quality of life.

cloverleafcity is ecotownZ' sister site.

Transport

tbus.org.uk are campaigning to bring quiet, clean electric trolleybuses back to London.

Sustainable Farming

Bigger But Not Better - how smaller, more diverse farms are actually more efficient than large scale agribusiness.

Nine Meals from Anarchy - the dangers inherent with Britain's oil dependant food supply.

Vertical Farms - a radical new approach to urban farming.

In the Press

carectomy.com

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