Green Options » Cool Cities http://greenoptions.com/tag/cool-cities Posts tagged 'Cool Cities' Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Popular Science Highlights America’s 50 Greenest Cities http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/16/popular-science-highlights-americas-50-greenest-cities/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/16/popular-science-highlights-americas-50-greenest-cities/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:34:39 +0000 Carol McClelland http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/16/popular-science-highlights-americas-50-greenest-cities/ Portland, Oregon - Greenest City Drawing from US Census Data and National Geographic Society’s Green Guide that collected data on thirty characteristics for American cities over 100,000 people, Popular Science create a list of America’s 50 Greenest Cities. Combining the data into four categories (electricity, transportation, green building/spaces, recycling), Popular Science determined green scores (see article for details) for the various cities and identified the cities who are at the forefront.

The top ten cities are: Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Boston, MA; Oakland, CA; Eugene, OR; Cambridge, MA; Berkeley, CA; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX. If you enjoy a visual, an industrious blogger from Austin TX placed all of the data on a map for easy viewing.

I found this list to be an interesting resource for people who are looking for green careers, start a green business, or grow their green business.

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