News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world.
Co-working seems to be a growing trend. It’s efficient, fun (or, can be), and eco-friendly. Here’s the intro to an in-depth piece on this trend on the New Urban Network: Rod Stevens, the business development consultant from Bainbridge Island, Washington, dropped into New Haven in late December, wanting to take a look at a “co-working [...]
Creating the first comprehensive urban agriculture plan for New York City, that is a new project by Design Trust for Public Space and Added Value, the Five Borough Farm project. Here’s more from UrbanOmnibus, part of the intro to an extremely in-depth piece on the project. Over the course of this year, the Five Borough Farm team [...]
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy recently announced the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award winner, which, as you can see, is Guangzhou, China. Its new bus rapid transit (BRT) system, which integrates bike lanes, bike share and metro stations was a big reason why it won. Here’s a statement from Dario Hidalgo, a member of [...]
Hmm, how’s this for some uplifting news? Could insurance companies be hit by a Californian super-storm on a Biblical scale? The US Geological Survey believes so, and has created a hypothetical scenario for emergency planners. What kind of storm are we talking about? Up to 10 feet of rain and $300 billion of damage. Here’s [...]
In the Spring of 1904, the world’s first electrified advertisement appeared on a bank in New York at the corner of Broadway and 46th Street, in what was soon to be called Times Square. In many ways, this event anticipated the beginnings of the modern hyper-commercialized city. Roughly one hundred years later, the pedestrianization of [...]
