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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.

MINOOKA — After lunch some students used to look forward to math class, where the teacher was certain to turn the lights off and use the overhead projector to teach — the perfect opportunity for a nap. But not anymore.

Math teachers at Minooka High School are saying goodbye to loud overhead projectors and messy dry-erase boards and are diving into the future with new interactive computer-based boards.

“It makes writing on the board and overhead projectors obsolete,” said Shawn Capodice, head of the math department.

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A recent feature out of Central New York.

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