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<p>Kevin Redmon <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/the-future-of-the-city/archive/2010/05/the-man-who-reinvented-the-city/56853/">interviews</a> Andres Duany,&quot;the father of New Urbanism&quot;:</p>
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<p>Our take on environmentalism is what I call the &quot;original green.&quot; Which is really about quite simple, economical things. One thing I don&#39;t like about the current environmental movement is that it&#39;s been captured by a very high tech ethos, which actually turns out to be more expensive. I think its absolutely absurd that people say that <a href="http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19">LEED-certified</a> buildings might cost two, three, four, five times as much. And I say, &quot;What are you talking about? How did you get there?&quot; This thing about triple glazing and 8 inches of insulation and green roofs, my God it&#39;s so expensive. You can&#39;t say, &quot;Yeah, I&#39;ll do it just to be popular.&quot; We have to go back to the original green&#8211;not the gold plated green.</p>
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