Archive for the Neighborhoods Category

13 02 2008

Greening the suburbs: What’s working in Boulder?

Posted by: Dave Burdick in Neighborhoods, Other Cities, mainstream media

Sunday’s New York Times had a big story today on greening the suburbs. It’s not particularly ground-breaking, but it does make you think about drying your laundry on clotheslines and growing strawberries instead of lawns. What are some of the easiest things we’ve been overlooking in our attempts to make our suburban lifestyles lighter on the environment? PLUS, what kinds of restrictions are we seeing?

A lot of neighbors would be steamed if you propped up a wind turbine in your back yard — but what about drying your laundry? What about installing solar panels on your roof or in your yard? Which covenanted neighborhoods in Boulder ban such outwardly visible efforts to save energy or use local renewables? Please comment below.

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