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Videos: Greening the Dutch Embassy

In the videos below, Pauline Roukens, the Facility Manager at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC, talks about what the embassy is doing to green its operations.  From composting to...

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Designing Inclusive, Resilient Cities

By Cynthia E. Smith, Curator of Socially Responsible Design, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution The El Mirandor footbridge connects the La Francia neighborhood to the...

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Earth Day & Green Cities

This is the first in a series of guest blogs by the Earth Day Network in honor of Earth Day 2014. The first Earth Day – on April 22, 1970 – was the birth of the modern environmental movement. Twenty...

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Songdo, Bhubaneswar & Adelaide: Taking Steps Towards Sustainability

Songdo in the Republic of Korea. (CC) Flickr This is the third in a series of guest blogs by the Earth Day Network. Throughout Asia and Australia, cities are taking steps to make their buildings,...

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Green Cities on the Rise in Africa and the Middle East

This is the fourth in series of guest blogs by the Earth Day Network. Across the Middle East and Africa, cities are doing their part to become more sustainable. From green transportation to renewable...

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Reclaiming Time By Going Green

This is fifth in a series of guest blogs by the Earth Day Network. In South America, major cities are taking steps to become more sustainable and improve quality of life for their citizens. Bogota,...

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Reykjavik & London: Leading the Way in Europe

This is the sixth in a series of guest blogs by the Earth Day Network. The green city movement is off and running in Europe. All across the continent, cities are taking steps to green their buildings,...

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Happy Earth Day!

                This concludes our series of guest blogs by the Earth Day Network for Earth Day 2014. Today is Earth Day! Over a billion people in 192 countries around the world are taking action on...

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