Frontier Spirit, Urban Ideas
By: Tanya Muzumdar,
10/8/2009
Splitting her time between the Motor City suburbs and the Mile High City,
Metromode's Tanya Muzumdar sees ideas and innovations ripe for importation. Maybe instead of going it alone, Metro Detroit should consider going West for some urban inspiration. (
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The State Of Metro Recycling
By: Michelle Martinez,
9/17/2009
Curbside recycling is not a new fangled idea. Communities across the nation have commited themselves to the practice. So, why is most of Metro Detroit lagging behind?
Metromode looks at where we are, where we're going and who's on board. (
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The State Of Metro Recycling
By: Michelle Martinez,
9/17/2009
Curbside recycling is not a new fangled idea. Communities across the nation have commited themselves to the practice. So, why is most of Metro Detroit lagging behind?
Metromode looks at where we are, where we're going and who's on board. (
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The Rail Thing, Is Metro Detroit On Track?
By: Tanya Muzumdar,
9/10/2009
If you've never heard of transit-oriented development, it really needs a spot on your hot list. With a transit center planned for Birmingham and Troy, Metro Detroit is back to workin' on the railroad. But maybe the new D Train could take a lesson from the Santa Fe Express. (
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Metro Detroit Goes Slow And Tastes The Difference
By: Nicole Rupersburg,
8/6/2009
Largely citified Metro Detroit has been lauded for its soul food, and lately, for its slow food. Rooted in locally grown, sustainable, healthy foodstuffs, the national leader in urban gardening is fertile grounds for the slow food supporters cropping up around the region. (
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Blog/Mary Templeton
With Michigan Public Act 295 the state must obtain 10% of its energy from renewable sources by 2015. As the wind turbine blades turn, alternative energy employment is becoming a vast new horizon for the region. Mary Templeton, an Executive VP at Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting, explains her career switch from the auto industry to renewable energy, and Michigan's efforts to foster talent in this new field. (
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Video/Ann Arbor's Veggie Fueled Party Bus
Ann Arbor's B2B Party Bus is everything sustainable new urbanist hipsters ever dreamed
of: An entrepreneurial enterprise that runs small scale private transit on
secondhand cooking oil in order to transport young party-goers around downtown. (
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