activity // gNicole
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With rising energy prices and increasing emphasis on walkable urbanism, the suburbs are losing popularity. In fact, some speculate that the suburbs will be the future slums, a transformation that is...
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Wow. James Howard Kunstler would love this.
I read today that by 2030 (or was it 2050?), 70% of the world's population will live in urban areas. nuts!
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Natural disasters have a way of shattering complacency. Earthquakes bring new building codes; hurricanes prompt evacuation planning. But what about a disaster that unfolds over 50 or 100 years? Sea...
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LEED has become the industry standard for green building but is the USGBC's rating system moving fast enough to address the importance of widespread climate change?
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More than 1/2 the world's population lives in cities today...5 urbanists (inluding the always interesting and provacative James Howard Kunstler) give their opinion on how our cities need to adapt...
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The shopping mall was invented in order to evoke a European city feel, that downtown busy feel. Soon however it became viewed as a staple of American surburbia. Are Americans still going to the mall?
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This article reminded me of Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone." The book argues that our "social capital" and sense of community has rapidly decreased...
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This article takes a look at Brazil's most ecofriendly city, Curitiba.
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- gNicole
- greenlight given 10 months ago
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It was the drink of choice for 19th century painters, poets and writers. And now it's coming back through the Bay Area...
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I guess you'll have to wait till next Tuesday to find out!
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With rising energy prices and increasing emphasis on walkable urbanism, the suburbs are losing popularity. In fact, some speculate that the suburbs will be the future slums, a transformation that is... more
The shopping mall was invented in order to evoke a European city feel, that downtown busy feel. Soon however it became viewed as a staple of American surburbia. Are Americans still going to the mall? more
