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There's a movement that I think holds a lot of promise in this regard, and that's new urbanism - creating mixed use, walkable communities, where healthy food, shopping, recreation, and other amenities are all easily accessible. With a good public transit system, a community like this goes a long way toward reducing pollution and reliance on cars. Poor city planning is a huge problem everywhere.

Hey, wondering if you've had any experience in this in the 'developed' world, too, and if so do you find it easier to get places in developing countries to adopt cleaner technology? I live in Canada, which is one of the world's worst polluters. There is a lot of resistance on the part of the government to enforce change - regulation, oversight, EIAs - these are all responsibilities of corporations in Alberta at least, and the effects are devastating for a lot of communities, especially Aboriginals. Do you interact with government a lot, or is this on an individual, business-by-business basis? Also, do you think economic/capitalist development is actually reconcilable with environmentel reform? I sure fucking don't, but I don't know a lot about this. Thanks!