Tag: Cities - Page 55

It certainly seems like the folks protesting Heathrow Airport's planned runway expansion are not afraid of guns. Having breached security and climbed on top of a plane earlier this week, yesterday a group of activists found their way to the roof of

Every time we quote James Howard Kunstler, we get comments like " He's a man who loves to rant and hyperventilate with grisly scenarios. Unfortunately none of what he predicts ever comes to pass." Unfortunately, when it comes to the economy and the

OK, we said yesterday when we wrote about an NYC Bike Move that we were "posting one more time" about StreetFilms, but we just can't seem to leave these guys alone. We've already covered their videos on everything from raised cross-walks to

Sheesh – it seems to be StreetFilms’ month on TreeHugger. From raised cross-walks to chicanes to cycling sasquatches to the inspirational Mary Beth Kelly, we just can’t get enough of these inspiring movies. But how could we resist posting one more

From raised cross-walks to chicanes to sasquatches campaigning for their rights, the numerous offerings from StreetFilms, a website dedicated to the "NYC streets renaissance" have proved hugely popular on TreeHugger. They've gotten such a good

Throwing its hat into the ranking ring with Yahoo! and MSN's City Guides (to which TreeHugger was a contributor), Popular Science has crunched some numbers and ranked America's 50 Greenest Cities. They used survey data and

Germany's DW-TV takes a visit to Freiburg's solar village, where residents live in colorful houses that produce way more energy than their occupants require. As a result, homeowners have become "eco-entrepreneurs", selling the electricity their homes

OK – we’re going to file this one under ‘strange’. Traffic calming measures like the raised crosswalk, or the chicane, that are being advocated by StreetFilms may not be popular with everyone (commenter Lummox certainly wasn’t impressed by anything

Learn what's really in your kids' Happy Meal.

From Indianapolis to Mexico City, some of the most car-centric cities in the world are realizing that pedestrian friendly planning makes for more pleasant streets. The above animation, from StreetFilms, demonstrates the raised crosswalk - just one of

Most of our readers are probably familiar by now with the latest worldwide trend in city building - the ecocity. Lately it almost seems as

A group of 16 Mexican NGOs put together a green prototype home as part of an eco-exhibit at the World Social Forum, which concluded Sunday. While not a complete house (it was missing a roof), the prototype home, set up on Mexico City's Zocalo, or

"Kenneth Fry is the president of Scenic America, and organization that works to preserve and enhance the visual character of America's communities. The visual pollution they try to address can be found almost anywhere, including places like Beltsville,

Changing the world and people's attitudes is a group effort; the more people working together for a common cause, the more effective it will be. At this joyous time of the year, Treehugger would like to recognise and salute the dedication and hard

Coincident with our coverage of Enermax, we find an article by Kevin Surace on how "New Approaches to Quiet Buildings Can Help Address Climate Change." He is not a disinterested observer, but CEO of Serious Materials, the startup that is looking to

Richard Florida wrote in the Globe and Mail (and I can't link because of their stupid fence) about the possible economic engine that could be Toronto, Buffalo and Rochester. Tor-Buff-Chester is bigger than the San Francisco-Silicon Valley mega-region,

Richard Florida quotes Wendy Waters in "All About Cities" noting that City planners and economic development specialists are spending increasing amounts of time trying to make their cities attractive to younger, educated workers and the companies that

Based around the simple concept that cities incubate new businesses, connect people, ideas, money and markets while their ports and airports connect us to the world, a non-profit group called CEO's for Cities seeks to help augment and revive cities