Health & Nutrition

urban farming and community

What started as an effort to bring public art and more green space to the community is now a thriving vegetable farm run by volunteers who donate all of their harvest, about 10-15 lbs per week, to local families in need.[read more]

aquaponics

 

Such systems, if properly managed, can produce very high yields relative to conventional farming – especially precious when land is limited. They must have a role in local production within cities, too.[read more]

LA color

The homeless and the affluent mix in, side by side; the desolation combine with overt displays of wealth. This is the new downtown Los Angeles, somewhat different from the last two decades, and even the last two years.[read more]

transport in India

Building more roads is not the answer. Indian cities will need to invest in public transport, with a priority on city bus services integrated with other transit modes, as well as pedestrian and cycling networks.[read more]

urban agriculture

San Agustín, a parish in Caracas is known for open plots of land where the hillside is too steep for habitation. A group of activists has started building garden plots to help reduce the burden of an extremely high cost of living.[read more]

river clean-up

Because the American legal system provides little in the way of actual authority to solve regional issues, collaboration of one sort or another is often the best available substitute.[read more]

biking in Rio

A study by the New York City Department of Health showed that those who take mass transport, cycle and walk as their main form of transport, receive more physical activity than those who rely on cars.[read more]

social enterprise

Government welfare programs and traditional charitable organizations have been throwing money at the same problems for years. How can cities create sustainable, equitable growth?[read more]

natural-gas bus in India

Natural gas might help public transport to pollute less. It might be a cost effective solution as well. Here we examine the fuel and exhaust technology combination that emits the least amount of particles that pollute the air.[read more]

urban sanitation

An ‘intelligent’ toilet with an automated flushing system is set to improve urban sanitation in developing countries, featuring advanced GPRS technology for remote surveillance and maintenance, with minimal drain on resources.[read more]

water cycle

The theme of World Water Day 2013 is the International Year of Water Cooperation. Instrumentation and Big Data analytics are truly the foundation for cooperation about water management.[read more]

biking in London

As a ‘cyclist’ there might be stronger ties elsewhere in our lives – the bike a key part of middle-class aspirations to lead a sustainable life, an outward expression of environmentalism.[read more]