Smaller Homes, Walkable Communities Could ‘Save the Planet’

Lifestyles are one factor determining our energy use and carbon footprint, and walking is one habit that is going out of style in the United States, Glover reports, based on a recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The bigger the house, the further you are from community, the more you drive, the more stuff you need to fill that home and oil you need to get there/create that stuff, and the more we destroy the planet trying to get that oil,” she writes. “I truly believe that smaller homes in denser, walkable communities can save the planet.” But “America and many other countries need to wake up.”