Sarasota Livin'

Planetizen -- EcoDensity Approved in Vancouver

After two years of intensive dialogue and debate, education (in all directions) and idea-development, Vancouver's concept of EcoDensity has been translated into Council-approved policy and actions.
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The final outcome - Unanimous Council support for the EcoDensity Charter (there are three political parties represented on Council, and the City is going into an election later this year, so this unanimous support is significant). The Charter is now in effect as Council direction relative to everything we do.
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FAQ on the Vancouver EcoDensity Planning Initative

EcoDensity is about how density that is well-designed, well-located, and carefully-implemented provides a powerful tool to improve environmental sustainability, affordability, and livability. The questions and answers below reflect this approach.

I pulled this shopping cart out of a ditch in my neighborhood during our "clean up" day. What was really weird was it came from a supermarket a few miles away.

Yes I returned it.... I hope someone cleans it...

OK we are "fat and happy" "livin' large" ... for now ... read how we compare to other areas in Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America yes what you heard is true we don't rank very good .... certainly part of our deal is being a newer more surburban area --- cars and roads -- drive to get the house you want. We are 82nd out of the top 100 -- higher numbers being worse...

Trends. Metropolitan Sarasota’s per capita footprint from transportation and residential energy use increased 29.56 percent between 2000 and 2005. The average per capita footprint of the 100 largest metro areas and of the nation increased 1.1 percent and 2.2 percent during this time, respectively.
The transportation portion of Sarasota’s per capita footprint increased 58.6 percent between 2000 and 2005, compared to an increase of 2.4 percent in the 100 largest metro areas. The residential portion of Sarasota’s per capita footprint decreased 3.4 percent between 2000 and 2005, compared to a slight decrease of 0.7 percent in the 100 largest metro areas.

Lets see how bad will it hurt when the price of driving continues to increase like crazy...

There was a crowd watching the demolition of these building. The dust was thick. It is a 2 block area being cleared for the expansion of the Phila Convention Center..

Well yes they are a fine looking group of Riverview Kiltie Band High School Seniors

Florida Transit Options website is very new and needs your help to grow. Use the contact form to sign up !!

Trying to understand how to get around Florida without total dependence on the car!!!

One of the cool newsletters I get is the Anything Arts Newsletter there are now even Sarasota and Manattee editions...

Welcome to AnythingArtsNewsletter.com; the number one local resource supporting artists, artistic expression and artsy events. There's so much to do in Sarasota and Manatee Counties and we help you to be in the know. Our electronic newsletter is a virtual arts center, distributed free by email every other week (this week in Sarasota, next week in Manatee; alternating weeks) to thousands of readers in Florida and throughout the world. Each newsletter reports on galleries, music, theatre, artists, movies, book signings, special events, auditions, workshops and, well, anything arts related

There is also another website anythingarts.com with lots of artsy info...

Rick one of the forces behind these sites is working to promote the new Sarasota Documentary Film Society. Part of it's mission is to aid local filmmakers and to also produce short films about local non-profits that cannot otherwise afford to do so. They can then use the films as a promotional and outreach vehicle.

Partial proceeds of the viewing of Knuckleball will help fund this project..... maybe you should go!