Ecosphere

Have you ever met TED? I was just introduced to him when my friend came into town this weekend. I have come to realize since then that TED is awesome. So what is TED?
“TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from [...]

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Courtesy of Atalanta Business Journal:
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2010/03/08/daily51.html
The General Assembly overwhelmingly passed comprehensive water conservation legislation Wednesday, handing Gov. Sonny Perdue a major victory.
Identical versions of the bill cleared the Senate unanimously and won approval in the House 166-5.
The legislation requires all newly constructed buildings to include “high-efficiency” plumbing fixtures by the middle of 2012. Also, all multi-tenant [...]

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If you aren’t familiar with Sambo Mockbee and the Rural Studio program in Hale County, Alabama, then you will be soon because the new PBS documentary film is coming to Atlanta! It will be playing at the Plaza Theatre April 16th – 22nd and is a must see!
The Citizen Architect Film website provides in depth [...]

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In Recent weeks Ray LaHood the US Secretary of Transportation announced a major redirection in the way the US DOT will approach transportation projects; specifically non-motorized transportation. Below is a snippet from his blog.  More information can be found in the Fast Lane here and here.
Today, I want to announce a sea change. People across America [...]

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For years I attended the Georgia Association of Zoning Administrators (GAZA) conference to listen and learn about the best of planning and zoning work going on in the state.  I always valued the pragmatic, practical approaches to common, everyday land use dilemmas presented by speakers at the conference.  But I’ve also thought on more than [...]

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