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Shareable Future of Cities (Alex Steffen TED Video)

  By Zach | September 5, 2011 - 10:09 am | ,
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As a city planner by education, I’m a big fan of Alex Steffen, since he talks all about reworking cities (especially U.S. cities) to be more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly, more efficient, more enjoyable. But this TED video of Steffen shared with me by Eat Drink Better and Feelgood Style director Becky Striepe talking about the place of sharing in greening our cities is beyond the typical talking points and is quite interesting. I highly recommend checking it out: Continue reading →

10 Most Climate-Ready Cities in the U.S.?

  By Zach | June 28, 2011 - 10:03 am | , , ,
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Boyd Cohen, Ph.D. recently came up with a methodology to rank large cities in the U.S. based on how much they are preparing for or trying to counter climate change. He then went on to create and publish a top 10 list of the most “climate-ready” cities. While I think the term “climate-ready” is sort of a mistake, since he focuses more on efforts to stop climate change not adapt to it (which is what I would assume “climate-readiness” would be about), I think the overall idea and methodology looks great. Continue reading →

“Plant This Movie” {Help Fund Great Urban Farming Documentary on Kickstarter}

  By Zach | June 28, 2011 - 8:26 am | ,
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The video on the next page does a great job presenting core food problems we are facing today but goes far beyond the problems and offers some great solutions to them. The filmmaker, Karney Hatch, is look to get $7,500 donated by Saturday, July 16 on Kickstarter to make a documentary on these problems and solutions. Continue reading →

How Does Your City Compare to Others in Bicycling, Walking and Transit?

  By Zach | March 4, 2011 - 8:00 pm |
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An EcoLocalizer reader recently shared a great site of his, Modes of Transportation, that helps you find and compare the percentages of people that use varying modes of transportation to get to work in U.S. cities. That is, you can compare: who walks to work more, residents of New York or … Continue reading →