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The magnitude of the environmental problem is so great that it is incompatible with the short-term profiteers allied against any real progress – even if those profiteers are us.
Local municipalities are forming advisory sustainability commissions and the commissioners are taking their duties seriously. The City of Columbia, Missouri is getting ready to force landlords to take their sustainability credentials more seriously by requiring disclosure of utility expense data to prospective tenants and buyers. Not everyone is happy.
Green living is important to people of all income levels. It is critical for municipalities and developers to join forces to expedite green affordable housing’s national growth as a principle of social justice.
Robin Rogers is the Architectural Designer for Rocky Top, a ten home sustainable hill-top development in Yakima situated with views of the ag fields below and easy access to trails, wineries, organic food farms and rivers.
