Sensiblecity’s Weblog

The city of Atlanta began 2008 with the declaration that “Our Future is Green.”  The Sensible City is on board.

Recently, Sensible City hosted a delegate from Atlanta in San Francisco during Earth Day Week at the Ecocity World Summit. Alexia Prichard met with Townsend Bailey for an interview (we’ll post that soon).

We requested a research series internally on the city and were pleasantly surprised. It turns out that the Capital of the South has more happening in terms of sustainability initiatives (including serious long-term planning) than Chicago. A few points… Atlanta:

• has more LEED construction projects underway than any other city in the nation
• has completed the largest brownfield restoration project ever
• is currently engaged in the largest urban greenspace reclamation project in the country

There are many more points, but we’re especially impressed with the chosen leadership of this initiative. I’ve asked the team to put all of Sensible City’s gumption and resources behind Atlanta’s transmutation.

Watch for more in the coming months and years. In the mean time, watch this little video and tell us your vision for how Atlanta can work with its neighborhoods to enliven their sustainability commitment.

I used to work in this building and now it is one of many images we’ll expect to see when Gary Braasch kicks off Ecocity 2008 in San Francisco with a 2 hour slideshow and presentation.

Gary Braash’s images get at the heart of the climate change crisis, documenting receding glaciers, rising tides and tardy songbirds.  In line with the focus of the Ecocity World Summit, Braash will present his global past and present photographic record of climate change with emphasis on cities, their contributions to the problems of the world’s environment, and whole systems initiatives for change.

Gary Braasch Photography - All Rights Reserved

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• San Francisco Business Times
• San Jose Mercury News
• Boston Globe
• PC Magazine