Tag: Cities - Page 10
-
Assaf Biderman on Creating SENSEable Cities (Podcast)
Assaf Biderman and his team at MIT's SENSEable City Lab are pushing the boundaries of how we organize and visualize the metropolis. They've embedded GPS sensors into household trash and tracked it through the waste stream, conceived aquatic robots that
-
Chairs Looking Like Corpses by Karen Ryan
Karen Ryan is an English artist and furniture maker whose work hasn't been seen in a while. Last noted at the London Design Festival in 2007, she is back now with a series of chairs pieced together
-
Could Rooftop Gardens Help Ease Unrest in Mideast?
Residents of Cairo have celebrated and cleaned up following the historic protests in the country. Now, the hard work of, as one sign put it, "building Egypt" begins. Though the factors that
-
Singapore Tops List of Asia's Greenest Cities - Karachi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hanoi, Manila At Bottom
Ranking the greenest city anywhere is a complex thing, with so many factors playing a role, but nevertheless various people always try: In the latest effort by Siemens (and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit) to rank
-
Urban Farming in Detroit Helps Families Survive (Video)
When the makers of the End of Suburbia filmed Brother Nature Farm in Detroit, it was an inspiring first-hand account of how urban agriculture activists are working to feed the Motor City. While the slicker models of city
-
Let's Spend the Night Together--On a "Boat" on Top of a Roof in London
It's nautical, since it overlooks the Thames River, it's architectural, and it's a winner.
-
Clever Mobile Gardens for City with Too Little Green
With just six square meters of green space -- not all of it usable -- available to each resident of Istanbul, people seeking an escape from the city's concrete jungle may have to start carrying their own little patch of green around on their backs.
-
The McMansion Era Is Not Over Yet
Lloyd asked the other day whether we should show more big green houses on TreeHugger. After all, while we may like to talk about living simply as an alternative American Dream and tiny
-
Congested Tehran Lauded For Transit Improvements
Smog-choked, traffic-clogged Tehran may seem an unlikely candidate for an environmental honor, but the Iranian capital's aggressive recent moves to improve its public-transit
-
European Cities Crack Down On Free Parking to Reduce Car Use, Make Room for Biking, Walking
What needs to be done to get more people out of their cars? Offer incentives for taking public transportation? Make driving more expensive? It's a
-
In NYC Tonight: Cities As Green Engines
Cities may account for two-thirds of global energy usage and over 70% of global carbon emissions, but we know they don't have to be enemies of the environment.
-
New Yorkers Take Shelter from Winter in a Downtown Pop-Up Park
As New York continues to get hit by blizzards, city dwellers longing for a picnic without the risk of frostbite can head downtown to the OpenHouse Gallery at 201 Mulberry Street, where a pop-up park
-
Could Electric Cars' Range Be their Biggest Benefit?
Whether it is cnet uk arguing that electric cars still suck, or Top Gear's allegedly deceptive review of the Tesla Roadster, range is often one of the biggest flaws that critics of
-
Cleaning Your Tap Water of Toxins Has Toxic Consequences
This recent NPR story headline, "Chlorine Substitutes in Water May Have Risks," is pretty low-key, considering that the message it delivers is fairly alarming. Since the 1970s, water
-
Jay Walljasper's Field Guide to the Commons (Podcast)
You know the word, but do you really know what the commons is? Hint: you're a stakeholder. The commons is the internet, the atmosphere, the airwaves, and the oceans. It's the stuff that belongs to everybody and nobody. After being editor of the Utne
-
Istanbul Residents Vote On Two Ugly Tram Designs
Sigh. Just when I was feeling optimistic about the latest developments with Istanbul's public transportation system, the municipality goes and announces that it's
-
Istanbul Boosts Options For Ferry Travel, Its Most Beautiful and Relaxing Way to Commute
Every time I'm on a bus inching its way along Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait, on a shore road often so packed with traffic that it's faster to walk than ride, I ask myself the same thing: Why the heck doesn't the city run ferry services on this route?
-
Conservative City Slicker Explores Urban Goat Farming. And Milking. (Video)
From backyard slaughter to urban bees TreeHugger is more than familiar with the idea of growing food in the cities where we live. On Wednesday I posted about a video tour of a serious aquaponics project in Denver,
