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The NY Times has an an opinion article on how our growing reliance on fresh vegetables from Latin America is killing our songbirds. The cul...

The New Yorker had a recent article on carbon footprints - how our consumer choices affect the amount of carbon we put into the environment...

In January Dave Norris became Mayor and I took over the Citizen's Committee on Environmental Sustainability (CCoES). I think I got the ...

A cool new website had its coming out party at South Street last night. Better World Betty ("green living made easier") is a loca...

The Marathon Guide 2008 in the January Runner's World features the Charlottesville Marathon (April 19) as one of 10 best "up and co...

This has been a remarkable year as far as presidential politics go. First Clinton, then Obama, and now Kucinich have had Charlottesville eve...

The 20th Annual Virginia Film Festival starts Thursday with a focus on family. John Sayles, one of my favorite filmmakers, kicks things of...

As my fellow councilor Dave Norris has previously blogged, City buses are free this month. This is a great opportunity to give the buses a ...