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Cities Win Big in Leaked Agenda for UN Rio+20

January 11, 2012 by Warren Karlenzig
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A leaked agenda for the United Nations Rio+20 conference places urban sustainability in a major role for UN member nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forth for ratification this June. The document acknowledges that cities are on par with nations in terms of implementing and measuring sustainability progress over the next 18... [read more]

UN's Shanghai Manual Launches to Guide Urban Futures

November 18, 2011 by Warren Karlenzig
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A powerful triumvirate, the United Nations, Bureau International Des Expositions and the mayor of Shanghai, released this week The Shanghai Manual: Guide to 21st Century Sustainable Urban Development. This timely manual is aimed at helping leaders of the world's cities use integrated urban planning, management, financing and technology to green their economies and build climate and economic resilience. [read more]

UN Rio+20 Agenda Galvanizes Sustainability Community on Cities

October 31, 2011 by Warren Karlenzig
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As Rio+20 takes shape (officially, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, follow-up to the historic UN 1992 "Earth Summit," held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the issue of sustainable cities appears to be taking center stage in planning for the June 2012 event dedicated to marshalling the global Green Economy. "Cities... [read more]

UN-Shanghai Expo Megacities Sustainability Study: My Role

August 10, 2010 by Warren Karlenzig
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Urban sustainability is the challenge of the century as more of the world's population becomes urbanized (50 percent in 2008, 60 percent by 2030), at an ever-faster rate. Global climate change has been caused in large part by the burning of fossil fuels to generate energy, materials and food for metro areas. Yet urban culture also... [read more]

Premier of Our New Film

January 30, 2009 by Mark Lazen
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At Social Media Today, we've been focused on the issues surrounding urban sustainability for a long time. It was that interest that drove us to create The Energy Collective more than a year ago.Among the many things we've learned from being part of the electric dialogue at The Energy Collective, two stand out. First, the technology and... [read more]