Brooklyn Students Paint The Pavement
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Clarence Eckerson, Jr. In what is being called the first ever of its kind in New York City, Livable Streets Education teamed up with Community Roots Charter School and PS 67 and got a helping hand ...
Built To Last
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Eric Hess Here's a great, short video on development, sprawl, and transportation that illustrates some of the concepts we here at Sightline have been talking about for a while. Created by John Paget, it's the winner ...
Built To Last
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Eric Hess Here's a great, short video on development, sprawl, and transportation that illustrates some of the concepts we here at Sightline have been talking about for a while. Created by John Paget, it's the winner ...
The Hanging Gardens Of The Future
Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Peter Madden By 2020, two-thirds of the world will live in cities, often sprawling megalopolises. Growing populations will put further pressure on land already degraded by over-farming and desertification. If things take a turn for ...
Sustainability in Back: Chicago’s Green Alley program
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffThere's something particularly Worldchanging about the inventive concept of green urban alleyways, which replaces the typically disregarded back alley with walkways, recreation spaces and even ecosystems. Here's a closer look at green alley initiatives in Chicago, ...
Are Cities To Blame For Climate Change?
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Roger Valdez Whodunit study tries to remove cities from the list of usual suspects. Who’s to blame for climate change? The author of a study published in Environment and Urbanization take on the role of detective trying ...
Are Cities To Blame For Climate Change?
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Roger Valdez Whodunit study tries to remove cities from the list of usual suspects. Who’s to blame for climate change? The author of a study published in Environment and Urbanization take on the role of detective trying ...
Does City Living Trim Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Roger Valdez A recent study says that it does. The authors of this study, published in The Journal of Urban Planning and Development, quantified the emissions from building materials and construction, home heating and power demands, and ...
Does City Living Trim Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Roger Valdez A recent study says that it does. The authors of this study, published in The Journal of Urban Planning and Development, quantified the emissions from building materials and construction, home heating and power demands, and ...
Dreaming Of A Paris As A Sponge
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy John Thackara Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, asked 10 architects to project 20 years into the future and dream up "the world's most sustainable post-Kyoto metropolis". [Project for a bigger and greener Paris by French architect ...
Living Walls And Green Roofs Pave Way For Biodiversity In New Building
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Felicity Carus Otters could return to urban rivers, bats could roost under bridges, swifts could flock to office blocks and peregrine falcons soar above cathedrals under recommendations from the UK Green Building Council. What do the Westfield ...
Living Walls And Green Roofs Pave Way For Biodiversity In New Building
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Felicity Carus Otters could return to urban rivers, bats could roost under bridges, swifts could flock to office blocks and peregrine falcons soar above cathedrals under recommendations from the UK Green Building Council. What do the Westfield ...
Alex Steffen Discusses Sustainable Cities at the DAC
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffNot going to be in Seattle tomorrow to hear Alex Steffen speak at the Green Festival? Try the next best thing -- prerecorded Alex! Many thanks to Sustainable Cities for capturing this great footage from his ...
By the Charts: Cities are Greener
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffAll of the above charts courtesy of Jonathan Rose Companies. The original source of the GHG data is: Journal of Urban Planning and Development © ASCE / March 2006. This piece originally appeared on Dan ...
By the Charts: Cities are Greener
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffAll of the above charts courtesy of Jonathan Rose Companies. The original source of the GHG data is: Journal of Urban Planning and Development © ASCE / March 2006. This piece originally appeared on Dan ...
The Biggest Carbon Calculator: Measuring Emissions at the City Level
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffMeasuring our individual carbon footprint helps us see where our choices fit into the bigger picture. And, because various tools allow us to calculate our impacts at the individual level with relative accuracy, it's easy to ...
Worldchanging update: CityCargo
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffA small company in the Netherlands plans to change the way we think about distributing goods throughout our busy urban centers. After completing a successful pilot program in Amsterdam in 2007, CityCargo is starting up a ...
In Amsterdam, The Bicycle Still Rules
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffThe Netherlands has been regarded as the cycling nation since before World War II. In a 1938 newspaper article, the bicycle was dubbed "the most Dutch of all vehicles." Decades since, bike infatuation still appears to be ...
Cities Greener Than Suburbs
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffUrban living can reduce your carbon footprint. When it comes to the climate, are cities slicker than suburbs? Researcher Ed Glaeser says yes: city living can substantially reduce your carbon footprint, compared with a home in a ...
BBC’s Maps of British Infrastructure
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffI’ve been blogging these past few weeks about infrastructure and how we understand and misunderstand it. It’s my suspicion that we look at infrastructures like the global internet and assume that since the “pipes” connect us ...