Self-Sustaining Cities

Resources

General Resources

• Green Festival Expo: In DC: http://www.greenfestivals.org/washington-d-c-2017-may-12-14.html#!014
• National Adaptation Forum: https://www.nationaladaptationforum.org

Rebel Cities

• America Needs a Network of Rebel Cities to Stand Up to Trump: https://medium.com/@BComuGlobal/america-needs-a-network-of-rebel-cities-to-stand-up-to-trump-7c07202e7cc2#.psfo6vsh4

Urban Planning

• Technical Guidance Manual for Sustainable Neighborhoods
• Urban -X: Engineering the City as a Service: https://urban-x.com/?cid=ps002FCUrbanX
• 100 Resilient Cities: http://www.100resilientcities.org/#/-_Yz5jJmg%2FMSd1PWI%3D/
• Ecodistricts: https://ecodistricts.org

Sustainable Energy

• Sustainable Urban Energy is the Future: https://unchronicle.un.org/article/sustainable-urban-energy-future
• Vast Geothermal Energy Sources "slumbering" below cities: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2013/11/01/vast-geothermal-energy-sources-slumbering-below-cities/
• Bladeless Wind Turbines: http://www.upworthy.com/try-not-to-jiggle-while-watching-these-amazing-bladeless-wind-turbines?g=2&c=ufb4
• Tree-Shaped Wind Turbines: http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/tree-shaped-wind-turbines-paris/
• Sidewalks that collect energy from people walking on them.  In Dupont Circle: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/this-dupont-circle-sidewalk-turns-footsteps-into-power/2016/11/30/c69263f8-b020-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_electricavenue-555pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.d7683ddbc714

Food Security

• Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: http://ocfoodaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Urban-Agriculture-Food-Security_CFSC-2002.pdf
• The RUAF Foundation  - an international organization dedicated to urban food security: http://www.ruaf.org
• Food Security: The Urban Food Hub Solution: http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-04-22/food-security-the-urban-food-hubs-solution
• Muirkirk Research Farm - University of the District of Columbia: http://www.udc.edu/docs/causes/2013%20Muirkirk%20Farm.pdf
• Feeding the Cities: http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/feeding-the-cities-is-urban-agriculture-the-future-of-food-security/
• 28 Inspiring Urban Agriculture Projects: http://foodtank.com/news/2015/07/urban-farms-and-gardens-are-feeding-cities-around-the-world
• Urban Aquaculture: http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/fish-for-the-future-aquaculture-and-food-security/
• Fleet-Farming: Bike-powered urban farming: http://fleetfarming.com/
• Vertical farms: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21154137/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/could-vertical-farming-be-future/
• Vertical farms could work: http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/gordon-graff-demonstrates-that-vertical-farms-can-actually-work.html

Washington, DC Specific Resources

• See Muirkirk Research Farm, Food Security
• Sustainable Urban Planning Program: George Washington University: https://cps.gwu.edu/urban-sustainability-program-curriculum
• Wilson Center: Urban Sustainability Laboratory: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/urban-sustainability-laboratory
• DC Central Kitchen: https://dccentralkitchen.org
• RFK Campus: http://www.rfkcampusfuture.com
• DC Beekeepers Alliance: http://www.dcbeekeepers.org
• Downtown DC Ecodistrict: http://www.downtowndc.org/programs/ecodistrict
• SW Ecodistrict: https://www.ncpc.gov/swecodistrict/