Alex Steffen Quotes - Page 2

• Cities are responsible for the vast majority of the creation of the economy. They're also places into which we pour the vast majority of resources, the vast majority of energy and the places where a huge percentage of the decisions about how systems are built and how products designed, etc., happen.

  Alex Steffen

  Cities, Decision, Energy

  "Alex Steffen on Carbon-Zero Cities". Interview with Theresa Riley, billmoyers.com. March 19, 2013.

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• For most people, using the Internet broadens their sense of who 'we' is and actually ends up leaving us in a place of greater compassion and understanding. It leaves us more connected to a larger group of people and more at one with a lot more people in our community.

  Alex Steffen

  Compassion, People, Community

  "Is the Internet the future of community?". The CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2008.

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• Si los medios de comunicación de masas, el aislamiento social en los suburbios, los lugares de trabajo alienantes y los largos desplazamientos en coche crean una mentalidad de búnker, Internet hace lo contrario.

  Alex Steffen

  Media, Opposites, Long

  "Is the Internet the future of community?". The CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2008.

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• We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.

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  Home, Reality, Political

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• The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it.

  Alex Steffen

  People, Energy, Use

  "SXSW Eco: Sustainability And The Carbon Zero City, By The Numbers" by Lynne Peeples, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 6, 2011.

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• Our cities need to change, fast. Tactical Urbanism is a guided tour of solutions created when local people decide they can't wait for politics to catch up before they improve their neighborhoods. This weathervane book deserves a place on any urbanist's bookshelf.

  Alex Steffen

  Book, Cities, People

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• For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but those are a fraction of the impacts of transportation and building energy use. If we need to choose priority actions, the most important things are to densify, provide transit, and green the buildings.

  Alex Steffen

  Talking, Cities, Impact

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