Choosing What Our Cities Will Look Like in a World Without Oil
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffThe covering of the Cheonggyecheon River and the building of an elevated freeway over it in the 1970s represented the height of social progress in Seoul, Korea at the time.This thought, however, was greatly reconsidered thirty ...
Food, Fairness and Foot Access
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffMore like this please: In Saturday's Oregonian, Paige Parker has a fabulous story on the profound equity implications of pedestrian-unfriendly communities. More on the article in a second but first, a rant. Walkability is not just an ...
Image of the Day: Walkable Communities
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffWalkable communities are the no-brainer, urban design solution of the decade. But couching things in lofty design terms can make a simple idea -- like a pleasant stroll past your favorite coffee shop on the way ...
WalkScore to Obama: Here’s What You Should Do About Cities
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffThe team at WalkScore just launched this new site, where people can suggest -- and vote on -- policy priorities for Obama's proposed Office of Urban Policy (which we posted about earlier today). According to David Goldberg ...
Economic Downturn Could Spur Smarter Growth
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffAs expert representatives from various sectors (including energy, green job creation and consumption) have been predicting in droves lately, the bright spot in the current global economic crisis may be the opportunity that it provides for ...
Minor Landscapes and the Geography of American Political Campaigns
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffIf you'll excuse a quick bit of landscape-inspired political speculation, I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that ...
Minor Landscapes and the Geography of American Political Campaigns
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffIf you'll excuse a quick bit of landscape-inspired political speculation, I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that ...
This Week on Worldchanging Seattle
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffThe new Seattle blog is coming along great, with some wonderful new local contributors on board. This week's headlines ranged from public health to shopping bags. Check out what's new: A Tool for Building Healthier Public ...
Headlines from Worldchanging Seattle
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffAs we've mentioned, we are working on the upcoming launch of our new locally focused blog, Worldchanging Seattle. Though we know you read Worldchanging from all around the globe, we think that local insights could add ...
Reader Report From the World Cities Summit
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Zufan* Editor's Note: We encourage "Reader Reports" -- submissions from members of Worldchanging's global audience who volunteer to write up their notes from conferences, workshops and other worldchanging happenings they participate in. If you'd like to ...
San Francisco Goes Wireless and Real-Time to Reduce Traffic
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffCheck your smartphone to find a parking meter. By Adam Stein When I last wrote about San Francisco’s innovative plan to reduce congestion through market-based pricing of parking spots, I assumed some of the more futuristic features of ...
Book Review: Verb Crisis
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffVerb Crisis, edited by Mario Ballesteros, Albert Ferré, Irene Hwang, Michael Kubo, Tomoko Sakamoto, Anna Tetas and Ramon Prat. Design by Twopoints.net (Amazon UK and ) USA Publisher Actar says: Verb Crisis examines architectural ...
Highlights from the 7th EcoCity World Summit
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments Off"In order to transform our cities, we need to move from ego-culture to eco-culture." —Rusong Wang President, Ecological Society of China The EcoCity World Summit (see my intro here) wrapped up on Saturday afternoon in San Francisco. An ...
Highlights from the 7th EcoCity World Summit
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments Off"In order to transform our cities, we need to move from ego-culture to eco-culture." —Rusong Wang President, Ecological Society of China The EcoCity World Summit (see my intro here) wrapped up on Saturday afternoon in San Francisco. An ...
The City is the Solution: The EcoCity World Summit
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments Off"Cities are part of what it means to be human. We need to build cities as much as birds need to build nests. And if we want to have a future, then EcoCities must ...
Someone Invent a Better City Ranking!
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffA couple weeks ago, Popular Science released a list of the greenest 50 U.S. cities, to a predictable amount of bloggage and debate about whether Portland is really all that. But something important's been missed in the ...