Tag: Detroit
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Winter Coat Turns into a Sleeping Bag for the Homeless
Read how a Detroit student designer has created a non-profit company to make sleeping bag/coats for the homeless.
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How Designing Smarter Farmers' Markets Will Help Our Cities Survive
Food matters, and can be a job and wealth creator for cities. Welcome to Farmers' Market 2.0.
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Problems Continue in Michigan's Most Polluted Zip Code
Detroit's 48217 neighborhood suffers from many forms of industrial pollution.
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Spirit of Hope Urban Farm: Filling Food Pantries, Strengthening Communities in Detroit
An urban farm in Detroit feeds the community, educates children, and brings neighbors together.
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"Hipster" Farmers Are Doing Nothing New (Video)
We've posted before about the work of Greg Willerer of Brother Nature Farm in a rundown part of Detroit, and we know that urban farming is not just a nice idea—growing food in our cities is playing a crucial role
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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
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GM to Put Volt Drivetrain In Minivan "In the Next Few Years"
Photo: GM Green Families Take Note Are minivans/MPVs the next big thing in the world of hybrids and electric vehicles? Based on the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, it would certainly seem so: Toyota unveiled a new bigger Prius, Ford has the C-Max Energi plug-in
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Honda Shows 2012 Civic Concept, Expands Natural Gas Availability (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
Photo: Michael Graham Richard Evolution Rather than Revolution Honda is overdue for a redesign of its ever-popular Civic, and the Civic concept cars unveiled in Detroit this year give us a good idea of what direction Honda is taking, and that seems to
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Detroit Auto Show Exclusive: What's New and Green For 2011 (Slideshow)
Photos: Michael Graham Richard A Mix of Greenwashing and Real Progress This week, I went to Detroit for an exclusive look at the new cars for 2011 at the Detroit Auto Show (which opens to the general public on January 15th). Highlights included an
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2012 Ford Focus Electric: A Closer Look (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
Photo: Michael Graham RichardFord Throws Its Hat in the Electric Car RingThe Ford Focus Electric was officially unveiled last week at CES in Las Vegas (check out Jaymi's coverage of that event), but it was also on display in Detroit, so I had to have
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Ford Unveils the C-MAX Energi Plug-In Hybrid (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
Photo: Michael Graham RichardComing to North-America in 2012, Europe in 2013Ford's electrification strategy is in good part on flexible manufacturing. Rather than build hybrids and electric vehicles from the ground up, they take existing models - like
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Tesla Showcases Model S 'Alpha' Aluminum Frame (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
Photo: Michael Graham Richard Not Taking the Well-Traveled PR Road While most automakers stuck to the well-worn traditional PR approach, Tesla Motors did things its own way. Their main showcase was an alpha build of the Model S electric sedan's aluminum
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Hyundai Introduces the 40 MPG Veloster Coupe (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
Photo: Michael Graham Richard One More Small Car Getting Around 40 MPG on the Highway Hyundai has been on a roll lately. After launching the all-new 40 MPG (highway) Elantra a few weeks ago, they are now debuting another small car that should get around
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Baby Prius: The Smaller Prius C Concept (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
The "C" is for "City"If the new Prius V sacrificed some fuel economy for volume, the Prius C concept does exactly the opposite: It's smaller than the regular Prius hybrid, but fuel economy should be better. In fact, Toyota
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Mama Prius: The More Voluminous Prius V (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
Photo: Toyota The Prius Goes Plural It's now officially official, the Prius is now a family of cars and not a single model. We had already seen some concept cars with the Prius badge, but the new Prius V is a production model that should be available
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Thoughts on the State of the Auto Industry (2011 Detroit Auto Show)
Photo: Michael Graham Richard The State of the Auto Industry Another year, another Detroit Auto Show (officially known as the North American International Auto Show -- open to the general public between Jan. 15-23). I've been to a few of them, and I've
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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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Detroit Bike Shop Circa 1912 (Vintage Photo)
Photo via Library of Congress, public domain. Now THAT is Old-School Amateurs of vintage bikes will like this one. Tthe caption for this photo at Shorpy says: "Detroit, Michigan, circa 1912. 'Metzger bicycle shop. Detroit City Gas Co.' This photo of a
