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Environmental design

The common house is the heart of the Hallingelille ecovillage community in rural Ringsted, Denmark.

A ‘green road’ leads displaced Ukrainians to shelter in ecovillages

Ukraine

The Green Road project has helped over 3,000 displaced Ukrainians find safe housing in ecovillages throughout Ukraine and across Europe — including the idyllic, rural community of Hallingelille, just outside of Ringsted, in Denmark. The project is a testament to the power of international friendships and networks in times of crisis. 

Coney Island Sunshine

Arts, Culture & Media
Gardens blanket the roofs of shops in Copenhagen.

It’s not just the bikes — green rooftops help make Copenhagen the world’s greenest city

Environment
Trees line a busy street in New York. The city is trying to plant 1,000,000 trees to offset climate effects.

Forest ecologists are working to make New York’s concrete jungle a little greener

Environment

New research survey suggests urban trees are on the decline

Environment
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William McDonough: Godfather of Green

Arts, Culture & Media

William McDonough is a grand old man in the young field of green architecture. In the 1970s, he built the first “green roof” in America and is now working on a sustainable building for NASA. Kurt Andersen asks him about environmental design.

The World

The Little Church that Could

Karen Kelly reports about a small Methodist congregation outside Albany, N.Y., which found it could do something about stopping development, and in the process change the way the entire town is dealing with suburban sprawl.

The World

New York City Gardens

An eleventh-hour deal to save some New York City community gardens from the auction block the future of other urban plots in question. WNYC’s Amy Eddings reports that Puerto Rican residents who frequent traditional garden plots known as “casitas” worry that these community gathering places will be demolished.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… Ian McHarg on the 30th anniversary of the publication of Design with Nature. His concern to minimize the impact of development on natural formations led to the concept of the environmental impact statement.

The World

WILLIAM MCDONOUGH: PORTRAIT OF A GREEN DESIGNER

Architect Bill McDonough is Dean of Architecture at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He is profiled by host Steve Curwood and producer Sandy Tolan.