Austin Named in Top 15 Green Cities
Monday, July 23rd, 2007 at 11:04 pm 
By Ryan BrownAustin was named as one of the Top 15 Green Cities by Grist Magazine.
Here is their description of our town: 
Austin is poised to become the No. 1 solar manufacturing center in the U.S., and its hometown utility, Austin Energy, has given the notion of pulling power from the sun a Texas-sized embrace. The city is on its way to meeting 20 percent of its electricity needs through the use of renewables and efficiency by 2020.
Austin also devotes 15 percent of its land to parks and other open spaces, boasts 32 miles of bike trails, and has an ambitious smart-growth initiative, making it a happy green nook in what’s widely perceived as a not-so-green state. To put it mildly.
The rest of the Top 15 read like a ‘Cool Places to Visit’ list. Here are the Top 5:
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Malmö, Sweden
- Vancouver, Canada
Surf on over to Grist to checkout the rest: 15 Green Cities
Be sure to read the comments on the Grist site for some dissenting opinions.
