Tag: Curitiba
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Riding the Serra Verde Express: World's Only Train to Cross the Atlantic Forest
It seemed like an impossible task in the 1860s, but a train still travels the 610 kilometers long railways everyday, allowing travelers to appreciate a vast reserve of native Atlantic Forest.
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Train Wagon Transformed into Clever Street Library in Curitiba, Brazil
With the goal to spice up the city's downtown, the wagon has served several different purposes since 1973.
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The City of Curitiba Cashes Your Waste For Surplus Food
We're widely aware of Curitiba's great public transit system, pedestrian streets, and Jaime Lerner's innovations in the city, but this one had slipped our sights.
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Developing Cities from India to Colombia Leapfrog Ahead With Clean, Green Bus Rapid Transit Systems
Ahmedabad, India, leads the pack as cities in developing nations race ahead of
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Largest Water Solar Heater with PET Bottles Installed in Parana, Brazil
The State of Parana has added one more star to its green reputation: since a few days ago it hosts the largest solar water heater Brazil, built with 1.8 thousand PET bottles and 1.5 thousand tetra-packs. The heater was installed in Palmas, in southern
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Jaime Lerner: Innovation is Just Starting Something New
Clearly feeling the Cuban spirit, legendary former Mayor of Curitiba Jaime Lerner delivered the keynote
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Physically Separated Bike Lanes
From the always wonderful Streetfilms gang, "Featuring ample footage and photos from over a dozen cities worldwide, this video makes the case that America is woefully behind the curve in protecting its cyclists in big cities."
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Istanbul Learns From Bogotá
In this new video from our friends at StreetFilms.org, the crew travels to Istanbul, Turkey to speak with local urban planner Kevser Üstündag, and see firsthand how this city of 12 million people is actively dealing with its transportation
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Israel Invests in Mass Transit
In line with a worldwide trend, Israel's three major cities - Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv - are currently in the process of building mass transit systems. Israel's transportation has traditionally been based on buses and
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Jaime Lerner on Sustainability in Curitiba and 'Urban Accupunture'
Brazilian site Planeta Sustentavel (Sustainable planet) has published an interview with architect Jaime Lerner, an environmental star that has turned the city of Curitiba into one of the greenest cities in the world.
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International Symposium on Sustainable Design in Curitiba, Brazil
In August 2006, during the 7th Brazilian Conference on Design Research & Development organized in Curitiba by the Parana Federal University (UFPR), "sustainable design" was one of the three most popular topics among all 650 papers published on the
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TreeHugger Picks: Best of Brazil and Argentina
TreeHugging takes place all over the world, every day, and each different locale has it's unique and fabulous take on living the modern, green lifestyle that we write about each day. Today, we train the spotlight on South America, highlighting some of
