It may seem like a classic sprawling city, but Houston is greener than it looks: it gets 25 percent of its electricity from wind energy, and the city just introduced a two-way bike track that spans 10 blocks of downtown. Houston proves that even good-ol’-boy types can go green: the Beer Can House found fame after a homeowner re-sided his house with 50,000 recycled beer cans. As one of the nation’s four green coffee-exchange ports, Houston also ranked at No. 5 for its java, like the vacuum-prepared cups at Montrose’s Siphon Coffee (where you can also play on the retro Ms. Pac Man).
No. 17 Albuquerque
With its mild weather and fertile soil, this New Mexico city has always had a natural advantage in eco-friendly living. The Saturday morning Downtown Growers’ Market is solar-powered, and downtown’s Hotel Andaluz lets guests shower with solar-heated water. Albuquerque locals ranked at No. 9 for being active, and they might welcome you to break a sweat for your locally-sourced supper: At Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm, they prepare meals using their own produce, and invite hotel guests to work the fields with them during their stays.
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