Eco-business, By Gregory Scruggs
May 5, 2017
Be “biophilic”
The biophilic city would include a set of design guidelines for non-humans.
Co-opt infrastructure
Green-roof bylaws in Toronto and Chicago are one example of infrastructure that treats nature as an integral component rather than an afterthought.
Leverage climate change
Kampala is planting 500,000 trees — a classic beautification project — under the guise of its new climate change action plan.
Consider gender
Just as advocates believe that gender should be taken into consideration when planning a transportation line, building new housing or allocating municipal resources, the same should be the case with environmental urbanism.
Watch out for populism
If big corporations and industrial polluters were once the foes of the environmental movement, now the pendulum has shifted dramatically to a working-class grass roots swayed by the populist rhetoric that is quickly shaking the world to its foundation.
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