Tag: Urban Life - Page 9
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PBS Documentary “Raccoon Nation" Suggests Humans are Making Raccoons Smarter
A documentary examines the problems with urban raccoons adapting and thriving in big cities.
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There is More to Transit Than Just Trains; There Has To Be Something at the Destination.
Tyler Brûle may be the most pretentious person on earth, but he knows his trains.
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Folding Electric Microcar Is Headed for Production
The Hirikio electric microcar seats two and folds to just under 5', and is set for trial production starting next year.
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A NYC School Teams Up with Columbia to Build a Rooftop Garden and Classroom
A public school in New York City is doing amazing things to promote a love for gardening and local food, and is working with Columbia students to build a garden on its roof.
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Big Surprise: People Who Live Near Main Streets Three Times More Likely to Walk
Some things are just so self-evident and obvious that you wonder why they bother studying them, but study this one they did and found that when people can walk to the stores, they do.
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London Pothole Gardener Takes Back The Cracks
Steve Wheen fills potholes in roads and sidewalks with whimsical little green worlds.
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Pedestrians Killed While Wearing Headphones are Car Magnets Who Deserve What They Get, New Study Confirms
Well, no, it doesn't say exactly that, but it might as well. Wearing headphones doesn't kill people, cars kill people.
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Urban Depavers Return Parking Lots to Paradise
The growing movement of depaving rips the asphalt off abandoned lots and converts the spaces to community gardens.
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Urban Chinese Kids Meet the Natural World
New nature camps and other programs are introducing children from China's cities to the great outdoors and fostering a love for the environment.
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Queens Fights for a High Line of Its Own
Queens residents are working to turn abadoned elevated railway into a park and recreational community space.
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The Week in Pictures: Paris' High Line, Eco Travel Destinations, and More
It turns out Paris has its own elevated railway park, and it's been around since 1993. We also have the best eco travel destinations for 2012, a floating home for urban animals, and more.
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NYC May Get a New Waterfront Park on the East River
A pier on the East River could be turned into a park, and be the beginning a redevelopment of Manhattan's East Side.
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Should Billboards Be Banned? A Look at São Paulo
It has been five years since São Paulo, Brazil banned billboards. Do you think "visual pollution" should be banned in other cities?
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Paris' Elevated Park Predates NYC's High Line by Nearly 20 Years (and It's Prettier, Too)
Considerably less famous than the NYC newcomer, Paris' "Coulee Verte," a park on an elevated rail line, has been open to visitors since the early 1990s.
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David Frum On The Root Causes of Obesity: "Society Really is to Blame"
The last thing one would expect a conservative republican commentator to say is that people are not personally responsible for their fate.
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Watch 1998 Barack Obama Discuss the Importance of Cities
In a 1998 CSPAN video, the then State Senator speaks about the importance of urban revitalization to economic growth.
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Beirut's Roofs and Walls Ripe for a Green Takeover
Architects and designers in Beirut are dreaming up ways to create a healthier environment that looks more like the hanging gardens of Babylon than its current concrete jungle.
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The Week in Pictures: Naked Protesters, Canada v. Chiquita Bananas, and More
A naked woman on a giant dinner plate in Barcelona protested animal killings. We also have the battle over the use of Canada's tar sands oil, Banksy's latest, and more.
