Retrofitting Suburbia

These days, there is a lot of interest in creating more sustainable communities that encourage both individual and environmental health. But what exactly does that mean? How can we begin to redesign our communities to promote healthy living – walkable environments that make us less reliant on car use and that enable production and procurement of locally-grown foods? In this fantastic TED talk, Ellen Dunham-Jones takes an unblinking look at our under-performing suburbs – and proposes plans for making them livable and sustainable.

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