The Ruins of the Unsustainable: Searching For Answers to the Suburbs
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off"The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century's frontier." We've been pondering that statement by Worldchanging ally Bruce Sterling for nearly two years now. In North America, several decades of bad development (and the government ...
For Kids’ Sake: Designing a Healthier Snack Cart
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffChildren growing up in the crowded slums of Jakarta ease their hunger pangs by frequenting the food carts lining the streets and alleys of this mega-city. Snacks are so cheap that even poor mothers can afford ...
The Ruins of the Unsustainable: Searching For Answers to the Suburbs
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off"The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century's frontier." We've been pondering that statement by Worldchanging ally Bruce Sterling for nearly two years now. In North America, several decades of bad development (and the government ...
Transforming Paris: “Le Grand Paris 2030” as a Post-Kyoto Metropolis
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffBy Paul Lukez The problem of city-making today is as much about making new cities as it is about transforming our existing metropolises, especially suburbs, and edge-city developments. The suburban metropolis is relatively young. We have yet ...
The Real Green Building Challenge: Creating Policy That Works
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffGreen buildings are great, but the time for heralding each one as a symbol of sweeping change is over. To get our greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption under control, it's time to make green ...
Bright Green Retail
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffTo live in the modern person is to be a purchaser of things. We all shop. Many of us are paying more attention the quality and impact of the things we buy. More and more of us ...
Bright Green Retail
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffTo live in the modern person is to be a purchaser of things. We all shop. Many of us are paying more attention the quality and impact of the things we buy. More and more of us ...
Temporary Spaces and Creative Infill
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffVisiting Jackson, Wyoming earlier this month, I stumbled upon a local gem: the Everest Momo Shack, a family-owned BYOB where a friend and I feasted on the Nepalese dumplings that give the place its name. We ...
Temporary Spaces and Creative Infill
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffVisiting Jackson, Wyoming earlier this month, I stumbled upon a local gem: the Everest Momo Shack, a family-owned BYOB where a friend and I feasted on the Nepalese dumplings that give the place its name. We ...
Local Currencies: An Overview
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffBy Cathy Tuttle Even prior to the economic breakdowns we are now experiencing, economists who study globalization found that only about 20 percent of the money we spend in chain stores stays local, while the other 80 ...
Smarter Cities and Flawed Rankings
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffSmarter Cities is an NRDC project designed to support urban transitions toward sustainability. It's a good project: "When thinking about the urban environment, more often than not problems come first to mind. Less commonly thought about ...
Software for Sustainable Business
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffAround the world, companies large and small are feeling pressure from socially responsible investors, conscious customers and government regulators to clean up their acts. The emerging sustainability software market promises to help them understand how ...
President Obama, Lead Us to Copenhagen
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffDear President Obama, Copenhagen is calling. The time has come for you to show real conviction in U.S. politics, to lead the American people and to serve humanity's common global interest in stopping catastrophic climate change by ...
President Obama, Lead Us to Copenhagen
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffDear President Obama, Copenhagen is calling. The time has come for you to show real conviction in U.S. politics, to lead the American people and to serve humanity's common global interest in stopping catastrophic climate change by ...
Graphic Series: Earthly Ideas: Polyculture
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThis week's cartoon describes polyculture -- agriculture that mimics the diversity of natural ecosystems by allowing multiple crops and livestock to thrive in the same space. You'll find more discussions on sustainable agriculture in the Worldchanging ...
Attention Philanthropy 2009
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffAt Worldchanging, one of our three main missions is to practice attention philanthropy. Attention philanthropy is a gift of notice. In a noisy world, deluged in advertising, overrun with PR flacks and crowded with the superficial, one ...
Attention Philanthropy 2009
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffAt Worldchanging, one of our three main missions is to practice attention philanthropy. Attention philanthropy is a gift of notice. In a noisy world, deluged in advertising, overrun with PR flacks and crowded with the superficial, one ...
NedaNet and Anonymous Iran: Websites Providing Anonymity for Protesters
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffNominated by Sarah Kuck Since Iranian officials announced that incumbent candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the presidency, millions of Iranians have taken to the streets to protest what they believe was a fraudulent election. Since then, the ...
B’Tselem’s Video Camera Distribution Project: A Non-violent Way to Fight Back
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThree years ago, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem started handing out video cameras to Palestinian families across the West Bank, inviting them to chronicle daily life under occupation but also to document the way Israeli ...
David MacKay: Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffNominated by Joe Romm. I'd like to recognize David MacKay for his wonderful guide: Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. MacKay has not merely written an outstanding and highly readable textbook on every aspect ...