Tag: Cities - Page 8

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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.

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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?

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  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,

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  New Study Shows Walkable Neighborhoods Make People Happier

  At TreeHugger, we regularly extol the virtues of walkable neighborhoods and cities: denser urban areas have higher property values and a better quality of life; they consume less energy per

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  How Can Cities Save Bees? Row Errupts Over London's Bee Strategy

  Cities everywhere may be lifting bans on urban beekeeping, but what with the mysterious red bees of Brooklyn, not to mention bee murder in San Francisco, you'd be forgiven for thinking

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  The Axes of Public Peeing - a Novel Way to Look at an Old Issue

  Some time ago, I asked whether peeing in public was green. With issues ranging from nasty smells to social disapproval, it's clear that the appropriateness of peeing in public is a far from cut-and-dry matter. We

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  "Yarn Bombing" Graffiti Cozies Up Cold Cityscapes

  A new form of street art has been gaining popularity throughout the US over the years -- and, while it may not be taking the world by storm just yet, it's certainly helping to keep things cozy just in case. Quite often, graffiti is

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  Extreme Container Gardening - Prinzessinengartens in Berlin (Video)

  Emma has already shown us some beautiful edible container gardens, courtesy of our readers; we've seen a gorgeous urban orchard complete with a repurposed dumpster/ping pong table, not to mention an under-used train

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  Urban Farming, Community Resilience and the Death of the Motor Industry in Detroit (Video)

  Yesterday I posted on ResilientCITY—the new project from the makers of the End of Suburbia. And earlier today I posted, from that same project, an interview with Rob Hopkins about the difference between

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  Why Resilience Beats Sustainability - Rob Hopkins on Transition in the City (Video)

  Yesterday I posted about the new film from the creators of the End of Suburbia. This time around, the focus is on cities—and how cities can adapt to future shocks from peak oil, climate change, food shortages and