Comments on: New Urbanism and the Green Heart of Suburbia https://ecosalon.com/new_urbanism_and_the_green_heart_of_suburbia/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 By: Sara https://ecosalon.com/new_urbanism_and_the_green_heart_of_suburbia/#comment-3409 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:00:01 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/New_Urbanism_and_the_Green_Heart_of_Suburbia#comment-3409 Oops, here’s another great one: http://ecosalon.com/DIY_Civil_Engineering_Home_Grown_Cities

]]> By: Sara https://ecosalon.com/new_urbanism_and_the_green_heart_of_suburbia/#comment-3408 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:59:37 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/New_Urbanism_and_the_Green_Heart_of_Suburbia#comment-3408 If you missed Mike’s post about engineering cities for more walkability, check it out:

http://ecosalon.com/City_as_Gym_Designers_Talk_The_Walk

]]> By: Sarah I https://ecosalon.com/new_urbanism_and_the_green_heart_of_suburbia/#comment-3407 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:30:18 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/lifestyle/New_Urbanism_and_the_Green_Heart_of_Suburbia#comment-3407 Agreed here. The way buildings are built and designed really determines how we interact. In many co-housing communities, all the houses face inwards onto a park-like green space, where kids can play, you can have gardens and orchards, etc. All the cars are parked on the OUTSIDE of the living area…at the back of the homes. All human interaction takes place from the front, the shared green space between the homes. That has got to make a huge difference on how people interact. Much saner than fencing everybody off into compartments. That’s enough to push anyone into a lonely loony-bin! Especially kids, who really need to run and go wild with other kids!!

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