Kansas City: Numero Veinte in Sustainability

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By OWEN MORRIS

SustainLane.com, the self-proclaimed “Web’s largest people-powered guide to sustainable living,” has released its 2008 study ranking cities according to (what else?) sustainable living. It looked at the 50 most populated cities and measured each city’s performance in 16 areas of urban sustainability.

So how did Kansas City do? Not as bad as I expected. Coming in at number 20 puts us in the top half. Here’s the group’s chart for Kansas City:

The closer the black triangle is to the center of the circle, the better the city ranks. KC ranks in the top 10 in four categories, including number one in water quality. For some reason, I’m really proud of that and feel lucky that the city does have great water.