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Feb 28, 2012

In metro Washington across the US and around the world waste continues to be a major contributor to climate change. In the last 35 years the amount of waste produced per person nationally has nearly doubled from 2.7 to 4.4 pounds per day and about 54 percent of this – 136 million tons – is still thrown away in landfills!

Feb 24, 2012

Building a sustainable suburb

Feb 21, 2012

“This is probably the worst Congress for the environment in history” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) in dramatic opening remarks at a February 13 event focused on promoting clean energy sustainability and economic growth in metro Washington.

Feb 17, 2012

An article from Atlantic Cities on the rapid development of Surrey a former edge city near Vancouver recently caught our eye particularly in relation to the effort underway to transform Tysons Corner from a sprawling automobile-centric place to an urban center with transit housing and walkability. Surrey has been undergoing a similar transition and is beginning to even rival Vancouver as the primary center in the metropolitan region.

Feb 7, 2012

We asked two leaders who are guiding the implementation of Region Forward to comment on the progress that’s already been made what they’re looking forward to accomplishing in the coming year and how RF impacts their own communities.

Feb 2, 2012

Housing is an essential element of Region Forward. And it pops up in some way in almost every blog post here at The Yardstick usually in the context of the region’s need for much more affordable housing .

Feb 1, 2012

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the region’s economic future. And it’s for a good reason. Over the past few years the prevailing narrative has been that metro Washington shines as one of the rare bright spots in a dismal national economy thanks to the protective bubble provided by the federal government.

Jan 26, 2012

The connection between land-use patterns and public health is increasingly evident. And troubling. The prevailing development model in much of the United States – sprawl – effectively mandates auto dependency and thus exacerbates the country’s ongoing problem with weight and its increasing rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Jan 19, 2012

Not enough housing. Not the right housing. Stephen Fuller and Lisa Sturtevant of the GMU Center for Regional Analysis blog about their findings which show that the region is not producing nearly enough housing and not the right type of housing to meet the needs of the future.

Dec 28, 2011

We’ve got a year-in-review post in the works that will highlight some of the most-read and most-shared blog posts from Region Forward over the past year. Look for that next week.