by John W. Olson | Feb 9, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability, Urbanism
Partnership for Sustainable Communities I received a copy of the premier issue of the periodical P4SC today in the mail. The following are articles that I found interesting from the premier issue: Duany predicts decline of strict green building standards Sprawl...
by John W. Olson | Dec 17, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
SUSTAINABILITY BIKE TOUR COLORADO SPRINGS, JUNE 26, 2010 Essay by Frank Kinder, USGBC Colorado – SoCo Branch & John Olson, CNU Colorado This past June, CNU Colorado teamed with APA Colorado, AIA Colorado, USGBC Colorado-Southern Branch and Bike Month in a...
by John W. Olson | Dec 14, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Streetscapes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
The following in the unedited version of an article that I wrote for the Colorado Urbanist, a publication for the Congress for the New Urbanism – Colorado. The Colorado Urbanist will publish its most recent newsletter in the coming weeks. Duany Plater-Zyberk...
by John W. Olson | Dec 4, 2010 | Sustainability
The following was recently published in the Fort Carson Mountaineer and was written by Anneliesa Barta of Sustainable Fort Carson: Leaders focus on Sustainability Story by Anneliesa Barta Look at what you create and you will know who you are,” said the Pikes Peak Poet...
by John W. Olson | Nov 12, 2010 | Landscape Architecture, Sustainability
I am providing a few slides for a colleague of mine for the Southern Colorado Sustainability Conference upcoming next week on November 18 and 19 in Colorado Springs. The portion of the presentation I am providing is on Xeriscape and how it relates to residential...