How do you "green" a massive suburban development that's the very antithesis of sustainability?
County officials, environmentalists and local businesses have launched Green Levittown, an attempt to lower the postwar suburb's carbon footprint by 20 percent.
Time reports that the optional program will allow homeowners to receive reduced-interest loans to finance upgrades.
Though greening house by house is a noble and necessary goal, it will mean nothing if subdivisions continue to be developed in the same way.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Time: A new blueprint for Levittown
