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\"SustainLane<\/a><\/p>\n

As the world continues to be shaken up by horror stories on Wall Street, it might be worth taking a few steps back to consider your immediate quality of life.<\/p>\n

SustainLane<\/a>, a San Francisco based green media company has just announced its brand new U.S. city rankings today<\/a>. Starting in 2005, SustainLane went through an exorbitant examination of sustainability initiatives in U.S. cities looking at a variety of factors: average traffic commutes, affordable housing, waste diversion, green space, energy usage, green buildings, natural disaster risk, air quality, water quality, public transportation, local food sources, and government innovations. James Elsen, the founder of SustainLane explains it in his article What’s A Sustainable City, Anyway ?<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n

Portland is the Most Sustainable City in America<\/h3>\n

In SustainLane’s first city ranking, released in spring 2005, Portland came out on top, with San Francisco and Seattle not far behind. In the words of James Elsen, West Coast cities and “blue” cities (New York, Chicago, Boston) turned out to be way ahead in the green game than “red” ones. The latest city rankings report benchmarks each city’s performance in 16 areas of urban sustainability, including an essential new measurement this year: Water Supply<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the latest 2008 sustainable city rankings<\/a>, Portland still holds its position as the most sustainable city in America. According to Ken Ott a researcher at SustainLane, Portland has a lot of things going for it : bicycling, regional planning, infill development, expansion of local rail systems and community volunteered agriculture. It is still highly car dependent but then which American city is not? When it comes to public transit use it’s frankly hard to beat New York.<\/p>\n

If city living defines your existence, you might want to check out the rankings to see how close or far you are to a sustainable quality of life.<\/p>\n

Related Posts:<\/p>\n

As Long As You’re Walking and Working<\/a><\/p>\n

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Matt Dillon and Yahoo Kickoff Green City Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo Credit: SustainLane.com<\/em><\/p>\n

This post was previously published on <\/em>Ecolocalizer.com<\/em><\/a>. Reenita Malhotra <\/a>is an Associate Producer for Gorilla in the Greenhouse, a kids’ animation developed and presented by SustainLane.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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