by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.” That statement won’t surprise anyone who has...
Category - Ecocity Snapshots
Ecocities versus Wildfire
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Almost 40 percent of all US housing lies in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and consequently experiences increased risk from...
Bikes Make Vermont a Little Greener
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Vermont’s roads treat bicyclists to spectacular scenery, particularly in fall for muscle-powered leaf peeping. The Green Mountain...
Ecocities and the Power of Compact Redevelopment
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders In the May issue of Ecocities Emerging, I wrote that compact urban form, by itself, can cut resource and energy use in half. Three...
Ecocities and the Power of Greenspace
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Compact urban form, by itself, can cut resource and energy use in half concludes a report prepared by the International Resource...
Cultivating Climate Action
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The generation of food emits almost as much greenhouse gas (GHG) worldwide as the generation of electricity. Yet the food...
Gabrovo, Bulgaria – European Green Leaf 2021 Award Winner
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Cats in Gabrovo have no tails, according to an ancient joke, because the people there are so cheap they don’t want to lose a...
2021 Is Finland’s Ecocity Year
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Lahti, Finland, reigns as the 2021 European Green Capital and also hosts Ecocity Builders’ Ecocity Forum on November 1-2...
Ecocity Forum to Cap Lahti’s Year as European Green Capital 2021
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The European Commission has named Lahti, Finland, as the 2021 European Green Capital in a competition that included nine cities...
Grenoble: Climbing Toward Sustainability
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Surrounded by mountains and ski resorts, Grenoble is known as the Capital of the French Alps. Adding to this city’s list of...