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The Economic and Educational Value of Retrofitting Schools
By Lizzie Rivera at Green FuturesWith the potential to reduce carbon consumption by more than 50%, and make £120,000 a year, retrofitting its school is an investment that Impington Village College, near Cambridge in England, can’t afford...
More Sustainable Cities with Better Bike Lanes
May is National Bike Month in the United States, something the country’s 57 million bicyclists have had the opportunity to celebrate since 1956. Biking is a hot trend right now in the US, taking second place on a 2012 survey to find...
Saving the Earth with Sustainable Cities [INFOGRAPHIC]
If you’re after some ideas for sustainable cities, we’d like to think that our archive of content is a good place to spend a few hours. But if you’re after a more digestible snapshot, this recently-released infographic is also worth your attention....
The Ancient Antagonism: Street Artists vs. Governments
If you have ever found yourself growing bored of walking around the city and seeing grey walls, uninteresting propaganda and corporate billboards, or tired of the constant hum of political bickering, then you should love Street Art. Of course, you...
100 Urban Interventions in 1 Day
There’s a limit to the amount of physical change one person or a small group of people can initiate in a city, but what if hundreds of citizens united, each putting in place the projects and changes they want to see in their city all on the same day...
Pacific Island Trials Aquaponics for Food Supply. Will Cities be Next?
By Christina Madden at Green FuturesAquaponics could hold the answer to food supply for islands in the Pacific. Many lack suitable soil for growing crops, have limited freshwater, and struggle to import fresh produce because of rising fuel costs....
Smarter Cities [VIDEO]
A debate last month brought together four prominent speakers from the urbanism world to discuss the potential of technologically-enabled cities. The event was hosted by Intelligence Squared, who introduced the discussion with this vision:Smarter...
An ‘Intelligent’ Toilet for Urban Sanitation [VIDEO]
An ‘intelligent’ toilet with an automated flushing system is set to improve urban sanitation in developing countries. Designed by India’s Eram Scientific Solutions Private Limited, the ‘Delight’ public toilet combines advanced GPRS technology...
London’s Rolling Community and Sustainable Transport Systems
Cycling to work the other day, I found myself waiting at a set of traffic lights that signal when cyclists may cross the ever-busy Goswell Road. It’s a rare sight in London to see cycling considered in such a way, though hopefully this is set to...
Data Farming: Demonstrating the Benefits of Urban Agriculture [INFOGRAPHIC]
Transforming underutilized land into productive urban farms was one of the many topics which were presented at the recent Kansas City Design Week. Jerome Chou, past Director of Programs at the Design Trust for Public Space, presented his...
Pope Francis: A New Era of “Mass” Transit?
It’s a season of firsts for the Catholic Church. Recently, the church saw the first resignation of a living pope in over 600 years, which they followed up by replacing him with the first-ever pope to come from the American continent: Jorge Mario...
Cycling Challenges and Opportunities Case Study: Timisoara
Zero emissions, reduced stress, a fitter body and money saved are the most popular individual wishes for the people wanting a sustainable urban area to live in. One human-powered vehicle can make those wishes coming true in a medium size Romanian...
