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Reader report from a man on the ground in Dallas, TX. Is this city going green on the surface only or is it turning a deeper green? Our intrepid citizen reporter, named Dallas, reports.

In August, SustainLane staff interviewed Rohit Aggarwala and Ariella Maron, Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of New York City ’s Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability. Maron and Aggarwala spoke to us about the challenges of sustaining a centuries-old city with aging infrastructure and about how the city will accommodate an estimated influx of one million people by 2030.

No staycations here! "Last spring, my wife and I began a casual conversation about whether it would be possible to go on a really cool vacation from our home in Columbus, Ohio without using a car or a plane. After a lot of research, we cooked up a wonderful trip from Columbus to Aspen, Colorado."

Ok, Angelenos, imagine this: a picturesque, 30-mile-long expanse of green, complete with parks and paths and planted with native, drought-resistant vegetation all along the Los Angeles River. Imagine rollerblading and pushing jogging strollers and barbecuing right on the banks of the historic waterway...

Uh… did someone say Los Angeles River? You mean that malodorous cesspool of a concrete ditch?

Philly Rabbi Greens the Passover Seder

If you’ve hung around Greenies at all – or heck, if you’ve picked up a newspaper in the last few years – you’ve heard of “retrofitting”…mostly with regard to environmental engineering. That’s when you go back to an already-built-up site, like a city, and make it green. Add in renewable energy, install a light rail system,put trees on roofs. You get the idea.

But have you ever thought of retrofitting an ancient religious tradition? And, more specifically, the Jewish Passover seder?

Submitted by Michael Cipielewski Jr. over at SustainLane.com for their "green urban life" contest---

What do you get when you multiply 1,000 square feet by $100?

If Chad Ludeman and Nic Darling are doing the calculations, you get a two-bedroom, one-bathroom house within walking distance of the grocery store, less than two blocks from the subway (known as the “L”) and three stops from downtown Philadelphia.

Live in a major US city? Into sustainability? Always on the lookout for green trends?

A ranking of the largest 50 US cities -- and which are best and worst prepared for expensive gasoline prices!

In a world of $100/barrel oil, what would $4-5/gallon gas do for you, your city, and your region? Bye-bye long commutes and work weeks? Warren Karlenzig looks at what other effects expensive oil may bring.

Conference attendee writes about last week's CA climate change conference. Water session focus.

Sweet goodness gracious, have we finally got a climate change cop on the beat or what?? Not that he'll lift a finger against big oil/auto but it's a start! Gotta go green from somewhere. A seedling perhaps.

The story is about how some counties weren't even cognizant of, or planning for, climate change disaster mitigation due to ongoing population hypergrowth.

Warren Karlenzig of SustainLane US City Rankings fame attended last week's RMI summit in Aspen, CO. Get money quotes and fresh perspective straight from the big gala! (ecorazzi-style-ish)

And if hugg "2.0" supported images, you would have seen: http://i.treehugger.com/files/bye-amory-rmi-01.jpg