Greener Cities

MEETINGS GO DIGITAL, GO GREEN | Tourz2Go by kahearn
The colorful, reusable MP3 players (which range in price from $18-$25 each) include pre-recorded customized corporate messages, a walking tour of a city where the meeting is held, and a USB connector to access meeting ...

Rust Belt Chic: Not Just for Hipsters | Rust Wire by Richey
The biggest challenge facing a shrinking city is the move of the working class from the urban core to the suburban fringes. Rust Belt Chic is about more than. ... It also concerns a reversal of the flow to greener pastures. The inner city is the new frontier, whereas outlying rural areas used to ... In fact it's loose and lazy to pigeon-hole Rust Belt Chic into the message: “come hither; we've got coffee shops in our ruin porn”. Because if that's all it was then it would be nothing, ...

When public art disturbs its viewers | Better! Cities & Towns Online by Philip Langdon
Artistic expressions painted on the surfaces of a city aren't always as benign as their advocates think. ... Scenes of spray-painted words and messages—some of them on New York subway cars and on abandoned buildings, presumably photographed 20 or 30 years ago—brought back, for Marshall and others, memories of how distressing the nation's ... Cities & Towns to read all of the articles (print+online) on implementation of greener, stronger, cities and towns.

5 iPhone & Android Apps for Green Driving and Travelling ... by ecogreen4us
The taxi sharing app here at the moment is only available for the city of Chicago and San Francisco in the US. They are planning to expand to other cities in the future. The Green Driving app is a little bit different. It is designed ...

05.17.12 Is NYC Doing Enough? - Manhattan Users Guide by office@manhattanusersguide.com
Siemens' Green City Index, which compares 27 North American cities across 31 data points—things like CO2 emissions, promotion of green energy, transit, green space, water and air quality, and waste management—ranks ...

This Friday's Programme - Cork City FC by Éanna Buckley
Sponsor's Message- Clonakilty Blackpudding Opposition Focus- Alan Feehely City News Page Where the Grass is Greener- Ger Byrne A Look Back- We look back at City's first FAI Cup win, which occurred 14 years ago this ...

Palestinians face hurdles to a greener West Bank | The American ... by fberg
"We try to send a message to our parents to reduce the use of paper, even the one we use in the bathroom or for cleaning purposes, and to reduce the use of plastic," said Mayar Fawadleh, a grade school student at the St. Joseph school, who showed off a dress and hat she made ... St. Joseph is one of 14 Ramallah schools running environmental classes this year, part of a $52000 initiative funded by the Palestinian Authority, Ramallah city hall and private companies.

Food Rules! by Jerry Weinberger - City Journal by unknown
When I first arrived at Michigan State University back in 1971, I noticed that the faculty club was far from campus—in fact, just outside the city limit. Why? Because East Lansing, where beer pong now reigns on weekends, was ...

Updating the Charter Book: Same mission, broader scope | Better ... by Emily Talen
Cities & Towns. Note: May 5th is the 16th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the New Urbanism. Victor Dover called a few months ago to ask if I wanted to be the editor for a revised edition of the Charter Book. I think I was asked not ... The main challenge for the Charter of the New Urbanism, Second Edition, will be to incorporate new ideas, reflecting the complexity and depth of new urbanist thinking, without giving off mixed messages. How can the book ...

HOPE VI and the inner city | Better! Cities & Towns Online by Peter Katz
By the time Cisneros made his 1996 appearance at CNU IV in Charleston, South Carolina, he and special assistant Marc Weiss were already geared up to launch a major initiative with CNU's newly-formed inner-city task force. .... It's one that preserves among the new developments some family farms and green spaces so that, even in the age of cyberspace, kids can still grow up knowing what it is like to eat locally grown produce or toss a ball in an open field on a ...