Three great talks: Bill Dunster on future-proofing cities, Dan Hill on re-imagining them, Dan Barber on how to feed them
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Here are three talks I found thought-provoking and inspiring. All three demand some attention (and probably some time after to ponder what was said), but all three are also new ideas from thinkers who are breaking new ground. Very worldchanging.
Futureproofing the City: ZEDfactory; Foster + Partners; R/E/D from The Architecture Foundation on Vimeo.
Dan Hill-Keynote: [...]
Urban Resilience for Dummies, Part 2: Failing the Milk Test
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by Warren Karlenzig
Last post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). Considering these guidelines, what aspect of U.S. metro
development stands out as the most ill-advised and risky? Short answer: exurban sprawl.
If the “Great Recession” taught us anything, it [...]
Urban Resilience for Dummies, Part 2: Failing the Milk Test
Posted by admin in FullContent on 10. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
by Warren Karlenzig
Last post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). Considering these guidelines, what aspect of U.S. metro
development stands out as the most ill-advised and risky? Short answer: exurban sprawl.
If the “Great Recession” taught us anything, it [...]
Urban Resilience for Dummies, Part 2: Failing the Milk Test
Posted by admin in FullContent on 10. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
by Warren Karlenzig
Last post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). Considering these guidelines, what aspect of U.S. metro
development stands out as the most ill-advised and risky? Short answer: exurban sprawl.
If the “Great Recession” taught us anything, it [...]
Industrial Strength Stormwater Fix
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A blue-collar business embraces a green stormwater fix.
by Lisa Stiffler
Editor’s note 3/9: This profile is now available in PDF format here.
On Seattle’s 8th Avenue South in the Georgetown neighborhood, empty school buses and recycling trucks rumble by. Semis squeeze past each other. Cars are parked on the street’s gravel shoulder amid shoe-soaking pools of muddy [...]
Industrial Strength Stormwater Fix
Posted by admin in FullContent on 10. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
A blue-collar business embraces a green stormwater fix.
by Lisa Stiffler
Editor’s note 3/9: This profile is now available in PDF format here.
On Seattle’s 8th Avenue South in the Georgetown neighborhood, empty school buses and recycling trucks rumble by. Semis squeeze past each other. Cars are parked on the street’s gravel shoulder amid shoe-soaking pools of muddy [...]
Industrial Strength Stormwater Fix
Posted by admin in FullContent on 10. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
A blue-collar business embraces a green stormwater fix.
by Lisa Stiffler
Editor’s note 3/9: This profile is now available in PDF format here.
On Seattle’s 8th Avenue South in the Georgetown neighborhood, empty school buses and recycling trucks rumble by. Semis squeeze past each other. Cars are parked on the street’s gravel shoulder amid shoe-soaking pools of muddy [...]
Carbon Neutral Caution
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A climate action lesson from Denmark
There’s been a lot of ambitious talk lately about carbon neutrality. It’s exciting stuff, but it’s worth pausing to consider just how huge that challenge is. And what, precisely, does it mean? Zero emissions, or lots of offsets?
I thought it was interesting to take a look at the climate [...]
Carbon Neutral Caution
Posted by admin in FullContent on 10. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
A climate action lesson from Denmark
There’s been a lot of ambitious talk lately about carbon neutrality. It’s exciting stuff, but it’s worth pausing to consider just how huge that challenge is. And what, precisely, does it mean? Zero emissions, or lots of offsets?
I thought it was interesting to take a look at the climate [...]
Carbon Neutral Caution
Posted by admin in FullContent on 10. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
A climate action lesson from Denmark
There’s been a lot of ambitious talk lately about carbon neutrality. It’s exciting stuff, but it’s worth pausing to consider just how huge that challenge is. And what, precisely, does it mean? Zero emissions, or lots of offsets?
I thought it was interesting to take a look at the climate [...]
