Green Cities Florida is your chance to learn more about sustainable solutions for communities, business, and government. The Green Cities global movement proves a world-wide interest in making urban design and the overall global economy a more ethical, humane, healthy, efficient, and environmentally responsible platform for living.
Current registrants comprise a significant cross-section of our [...]

In this  March 5  interview Kimberly Miller interviews Lori Cunniff, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL. Lori Cunniff discusses why Florida is becoming a sustainability leader, the new Climate Change Center and Orlando as a Florida Green Local Government in this week’s podcast. This is [...]

 

 Green Cities Podcast: - Lori Cunniff Interview [24:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

March 6th will be a very special day in Baldwin County, Alabama.  Habitat for Humanity will begin construction on it’s first unit seeking LEED certification.  The organization has always tried to focus on efficiency to lower future cost for their clients, but the recent push in sustainable development and knowledgeable green builders has reduced costs [...]

As declared by Popular Science magazine in 2008, Huntsville, Alabama ranked 18 in America’s 50 Greenest Cities.  The magazine considered parks, greenways, utility programs, transportation, recycling, and other efforts in ranking cities.
Green Alabama shares the state’s first “Green Gauge” report, released December 2008, from the nonprofit Green Resource Center for Alabama.  This report highlights many [...]

ORLANDO PICKED FOR FLORIDA GREEN CITIES CONFERENCE
State, County, Municipal, Business and Community Leaders to Ignite Florida’s Green Economy
Seven Star, the world’s largest green events production company, has selected Orlando as the host city for Green Cities™ Florida 2009. The conference, which attracts community, government and business leaders from throughout the region, will be held May [...]

In this interview from February 20, Christina Lor interviews Jennifer Languell, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL.  Jennifer Languell discusses being ahead of the Green curve, incentives for building eco friendly, and the human element of global climate change in this week’s podcast. This is [...]

 

 Green Cities Podcast: - Jennifer Languell Interview [14:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Jesse Fox of Sustainable City Blog writes this review of President Obama’s first State of the Union address delivered yesterday evening.

I have to admit that I’m really impressed with President Obama. Not only does he seem like a genuine and real human being, more in touch with normal people than any of those other guys [...]

The University of California at Davis, in preparation for their commitment to become a zero waste college by 2020, provided the venue for the first annual Plan Green Conference on February 18, 2009.  The Plan Green Conference focuses on providing the tools and information for planning sustainable events from small-scale meetings and banquets to conferences [...]

In this interview from February 17, Kimberly Miller interviews Alex Hinds, president of the board of the California Planning Foundation. Alex Hinds talks about why he hopes the Obama administration keeps the ‘yes we can’ attitude towards green building, sustainable development, and making sustainability a core practice of building. This is the 3rd in a [...]

 

 Green Cities Podcast: - Alex Hinds Interview [10:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Designed to promote the use of local and sustainable seafood in South Carolina’s restaurants, the Sustainable Seafood Initiative helps ensure that consumers have fish for the future by teaching our partner chefs about sustainable and local seafood, assessing their menus, and encouraging consumers to dine at our partner restaurants.

The SSI is guided by an interdisciplinary [...]