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Why Do Green Schools Matter? -- Part 1

March 3, 2012 by Allison McKenzie
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Photo by Michael Surran via Flickr

Last week, I had the opportunity to tour one of my firm’s recently completed school projects, London Middle School and learned that they have seen a 30% improvement in teacher attendance in the new school than they had in the old middle school. [read more]

My First Semester in Architecture School …

December 22, 2011 by Tazmine Loomans
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Today’s post is a glimpse into the world of a first year architecture student by contributing writer Jennifer Gunther.Jennifer Gunther is a design management sophomore at Arizona State University. She has written for NAU’s The Lumberjack and ASU’s own State Press, as well as for Modern Phoenix. Though she may prefer writing to... [read more]

Thoughts from Parson School of Design: Education, Urbanization & Citizen Activism

December 15, 2011 by This Big City
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Education is critical if we are to continue to improve our cities. With this in mind, This Big City’s Joe Peach and Lyndsey Scofield were thrilled to get the opportunity to talk with Aseem Inam, Director of the MA Theories of Urban Practice, and Miguel Robles-Duran, Director of the MS Design and Urban... [read more]

Podcast: Civil Rights Leaders on Modern Social Change

December 15, 2011 by polis blog
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Unveiling ceremony for the Delta Seeds program in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Source: Delta Seeds.How do you work toward a more just world when the systems that hold it up are crumbling before your eyes?"In this period, imagination is more important than education," said the Reverend Nelson Johnson of Greensboro, North Carolina.... [read more]

Save $20 Billion By Building Schools Green

November 11, 2011 by Planet Forward
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Here’s a puzzler. Right at the time of day when some kids are most likely to get into trouble, most schools close the door and turn off the lights. Seems silly, doesn’t it? That disconnect, along with a slew of other good reasons, has helped give birth to the community schools movement. [read more]

Register Now for E-Learning Course on Sustainable Urban Mobility

October 12, 2011 by TheCityFix - produced by EMBARQ
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We can't promise you recess or toy cars, but the e-learning course on sustainable urban mobility is bound to give you a new vision for the future. Photo by sarflondondunc. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in partnership with the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) will run a new session of online courses on... [read more]

Strive: A New Education Model Built For Cities

September 22, 2011 by Next American City
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This interview is the second in a series of conversations with friends and members of Living Cities, a philanthropic collaborative of 22 foundations and financial institutions. On September 27th, Living Cities will be hosting a 20th anniversary event with a live webcast available on their website. [read more]

Berlin Launches Urban Gardening Education Project

September 7, 2011 by Helmuth Ziegler
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Starting this autumn, a network in Berlin is starting that promotes the knowledge exchange about urban gardening. The new network is targeting experts from garden and agricultural industries, vocational students, vocational school teachers and private individuals. The German Federal... [read more]

Reconciling Education Reform and New Urbanism

July 26, 2011 by Kristen Jeffers
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Schools may not be the urbanist anchors we want, but the community can serve as a school, as well as push for transit that connects other educational needs. On Sunday I read an article in the News and Observer that illustrates the true effect of the modern neighborhood school. In this article, schools in wealthy neighborhoods had... [read more]

Rethinking Urban Planning Education, by Alexa Mills

April 23, 2010 by polis blog
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Urban planning has long excelled at integrating different fields of study because cities, by nature, demand multidisciplinary thinking. Yet addressing the world’s most critical problems, such as urban poverty and energy efficiency, require a dynamism that moves beyond combining academic disciplines, and into a space that recognizes the... [read more]

Changing urban jobs, new urban lifestyles

January 10, 2010 by Wendy Waters
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How is the changing nature of urban employment changing our cities? Many cities, particularly in North America, emerged as centers for manufacturing, primary industry and some natural resource processing and trade. In recent decades, manufacturing finished products has become more automated and global. Making primary... [read more]

The Giant Sucking Sound

April 19, 2009 by Aaron Renn
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"Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming, or good-looking. They became rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful." - Paul Arden"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are... [read more]