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Global Views on Climate Change: Cross-Cultural Consesus
Signs of climate change appear to be recognized cross-culturally, irrespective of context and geographical location. 84% of respondents globally agreed that rain patterns have changed in the last 25 years.[read more]
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]
Opera Flashmob? Arts Get Creative With Venues
Birmingham Opera’s production of Stravinsky’s The Wedding Credit: Pete AshtonThe move towards greater online consumption is forcing place-based merchants to reevaluate the effectiveness of their real estate. Retail is thriving where planners recognize and emphasize the importance of unique location-identity. The enticement of your...[read more]
If Cities Could Talk
An animated short film about what American cities would say to one another if they could talk. Public domain footage from The Internet Archive’s SIGGRAPH collection. From BrainPickings: Last week, we explored the cerebral side of cities with 7 essential books on urbanism. Today, we turn to the lighter side with ...[read more]
Placemaking Via Mixtape: Music's Role In Community
Picking up on a theme from a previous post, there are multiple ways of engaging with the city for the audiophiles out there looking to capture literal and interpretive soundscapes. The Domus Mixtape series explores one such method — so far covering Mexico City, NYC (Harlem), Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Milan, and London. By curating...[read more]
Regenerating Cities by Converting Empty Buildings into Theatres
By Kate Carmichael – Resources Officer at The Theatres Trust, a National Advisory Public Body established to promote the better protection of theatres. Across Britain disused warehouses, industrial buildings, pools, churches, town halls and cinemas have been converted into theatres. This year at our annual conference on the 14 June...[read more]
Urbanism and the Graphic Novel: Frans Masereel’s Die Stadt (The City)
“This is the city and I am one of the citizens, whatever interests the rest interests me.” With a quote by Walt Whitman, Belgian graphic artist Frans Masereel unveils “The City: A vision in woodcuts.” Masereel, who became known for his pacifist anarchism, achieved with this 1925 woodcut series an uncanny precursor to the modern graphic...[read more]
A Surprising Historical Source of Sustainability
On the Northern side of Wales, the small town of Portmeirion rises from the hills beside the water into a quaint collection of brightly colored buildings each bearing a percentage of inherently sustainable components. Nearly every building in the coastal spot has been built with pieces of older buildings reclaimed and integrated for a...[read more]
Sustainable Cities Collective
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“I agree I think that the nature of human interaction and involvement depends on the nature of the actual facility itself. Getting people in and around fossil fuel burning power plants is seen as a security risk, but that still leaves many components of our infrastructure that could benefit from being noticed (and that citizens could benefit from noticing). I think of examples like John ...”
“I thinks it's provocative. In Florida, we were given tours of muncipal water treatment facilities as children, less so access to energy facilities. There is a cogeneration facility at MIT that sits comfortably in the urban context, as thousands pass by daily. But I'm always concerned that critical systems and humans should not mix for the most part. Educational programs may make the same point ...”