[GWSG] A tiny eco-community; Blue Acres for relocation; sustainable communities; organizing them; LEED certifying them; plastics from cellulose

[Tilley, Al]

1. Space-efficient (i.e. tiny) cottages in traditional architectural styles are an interesting choice for an eco-community neighborhood in downtown Atlanta. http://www.epecocottages.com/home.html
Home- The Eco Cottages at East Point<http://www.epecocottages.com/home.html>
www.epecocottages.com
The Eco Cottages at East Point are being designed to maximize use of space and will be available in a variety of styles, materials and layouts, ranging from 500-1000 square feet.


It’s not a sustainable community, but I can imagine one with lots of these houses.

2. Woodbridge, NJ, is using the state’s Blue Acres program to buy out homeowners in flood zones and returning the plots to their natural condition as a flood control measure. Tidal flooding is a growing problem. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/01/06/pbs-newshour-as-seas-rise-coastal-residents-feel-flood-risk/
[http://img.youtube.com/vi/cpAMNUC7PpM/0.jpg]<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/01/06/pbs-newshour-as-seas-rise-coastal-residents-feel-flood-risk/>

PBS NewsHour: As Seas Rise, Coastal Residents Feel Flood Risk | Climate Denial Crock of the Week<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/01/06/pbs-newshour-as-seas-rise-coastal-residents-feel-flood-risk/>
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3. Obviously, we cannot buy out all the coastal properties which are threatened by sea level rise. Perhaps new communities in more secure areas, planned by the people who must relocate, in cooperation with building professionals, could supply new sustainable communities affordably for the full range of threatened residents (and not just the wealthy, for whom the market will provide). Sustainable communities will be specifically designed for their areas but share significant values and features. Spaces appropriate for resettlement include disused shopping malls, airports, golf courses, and industrial districts, as well as bankrupt or stalled development projects. http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/node/37
Definitions of sustainable community and society | Sustainable Measures<http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/node/37>
www.sustainablemeasures.com
Sustainable Community Roundtable Report (South Puget Sound) "In a sustainable community, resource consumption is balanced by resources assimilated by the ecosystem.


Wikipedia supplies a fuller description and examples of sustainable communities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_community
Sustainable community - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_community>
en.wikipedia.org
The term “sustainable communities” has various definitions, but in essence refers to communities planned, built, or modified to promote sustainable living.Sustainable communities tend to focus on environmental and economic sustainability, urban infrastructure, social equity, and municipal government.The term is sometimes used synonymously with “green cities,” “eco-communities ...



4. Sustainable Community Development from the U of FL provides a brief format for development, last revised in 2017. The federal government is delivering few desirable futures for communities threatened by increasing flooding, droughts, and heat. No one really wants to live in a FEMA trailer or be foisted off on a distant ill-prepared community, as were survivors from Hurricane Katrina. We are all not going to fit in Asheville, NC, and if we tried it would not be good for Asheville. Climate relocation to sustainable communities appears likely to be in the hands of local governments and citizens’ groups, perhaps working with the sort of developers behind item 1. A full-scale sustainable community is likely to supply most of the water and energy and much of the food necessary to satisfy a diverse group of community members. It will have green space, be storm-safe, include places to work and play as well as to live, and look after the health of citizens throughout their lives. It will connect with the larger community.  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/CD/CD02100.pdf
Sustainable Community Development - EDIS<http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/CD/CD02100.pdf>
edis.ifas.ufl.edu
FCS7213-Eng Sustainable Community Development 1 Kaylene Sattanno, M. E. Swisher, and K. N. Moore2 1. This document is FCS7213-Eng, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension.



5. For more ideas on what a sustainable community ought to be, check out the US Green Building Council’s criteria for LEED certification for Neighborhood Development. The prerequisites and credits are spelled out elsewhere but the topics, and their comparative weights, give you an idea of the kind of community the USGBC has in mind.  https://www.usgbc.org/articles/leed-nd-credits-and-points
[https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/Leed-ND.png]<https://www.usgbc.org/articles/leed-nd-credits-and-points>

LEED for Neighborhood Development credits, prerequisites and points | U.S. Green Building Council<https://www.usgbc.org/articles/leed-nd-credits-and-points>
www.usgbc.org
LEED for Neighborhood Development credits, prerequisites and points



6. 60 Minutes interviewed Marshall Medoff, who has invented a way to turn cellulose into fuel and plastics. His fans include Steven Chu. Medoff’s firm Xyleco is up and running. It will be relatively easy to replace oil in transportation with electricity, but harder to replace oil as a source of plastics. Medoff’s plastics degrade naturally. Thanks to Ed Brock for the story. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marshall-medoff-the-unlikely-eccentric-inventor-turning-inedible-plant-life-into-fuel-60-minutes/
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.OB9O%2bf5IrloQYLYkzu63NA&pid=Api]<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marshall-medoff-the-unlikely-eccentric-inventor-turning-inedible-plant-life-into-fuel-60-minutes/>

The unlikely, eccentric inventor turning inedible plant life into fuel<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marshall-medoff-the-unlikely-eccentric-inventor-turning-inedible-plant-life-into-fuel-60-minutes/>
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Marshall Medoff unveils to 60 Minutes his innovative method of turning plant life into fuel and other useful products



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