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Politics for Ecosystems and Biodiversity
In Sweden, a commission has been appointed to suggest measures to make the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services known in Swedish society at all levels, national, regional and local.[read more]
Replacing Industry with Sustainable Architecture & Housing in Stockholm
"Sustainable architecture and urban development can never be solely technical issues or be reduced to a matter of points on a certification scale, but need to begin with fundamental social issues: How are we to live together and how can architecture and the city create best possible conditions?"[read more]
The Top Landscape & Architecture Posts of 2011
In selecting our list of the 10 best works of architecture and landscape architecture in 2011, we at Polis have settled on works that highlight a number of issues dear to us. This was a year of social change, a sputtering economy and fewer big projects — one in which design was decidedly not the only issue. Some of the projects on the...[read more]
Smart growth requires more than transportation thinking
I’ve been a bit of a one-man band over the last 2-3 years, arguing that we need a second generation of smart growth theory that goes beyond thinking about land use patterns per se. We now know from tons of research that smart land use patterns – neighborhoods that are compact, well-located, walkable and transit-served – are...[read more]
Sustainable Improvements
How can an old building be made more sustainable? Ylva Frid and KKA made some proposals for the city museum in Gothenburg.The building is located in the oldest part of Gothenburg. It was there before oil became the base of production and transportation and will be there long after. Its installations and technical systems has been...[read more]
Sustainable Cities Collective
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“Brilliant!Long-term committed asset holders like schools, municipalities, hospitals, ... tend to be the greatest beneficiaries from energy retrofits, so it's great to see Impington showing leadership. And the Skanska financing program is a lifesaver: similar programs are emerging all over. We've found that one of the important "little details" that make all of this possible is that of having a ...”
“I love the term "food rescuer". This is something I'd love to do and wish I'd done in college. My friend started bike co-ops and it would've been easy to add food onto the mission. We had weekly Sunday dinners and even rescuing food and serving it on Sunday would work. Thanks for sharing.Blog OnJanet”