cities, Tag

Skyscrapers are considered a feat of modern-day engineering and architecture. While we all recognize some of their negative impacts on the planet, we are also seeing the body count of our bird populations increasing to worrisome...

City centers have been fraught with issues since the beginning of urban development. Even small towns and villages had to deal with concerns such as waste management and shared resources. Imagine the reality of garbage and...

When one thinks of sustainable living, urban centers probably don’t come to mind. Yet, it’s where the vast majority of people in the country live and work. Therefore, cities hold the power to make the greatest impact...

The $40m ‘solar skin’ building is expected to supply almost all its own electricity, becoming carbon neutral within years

Copenhagen consistently ranks as one of the world's most sustainable cities. What is Copenhagen doing right that the rest of the world can catch up on? [...]

This is good news, considering over 25 percent of the landscape in the Northeast United States is covered by an edge.

Pioneering scheme in Welsh capital uses groundwater boreholes to take advantage of urban warmth

The mayor of the Norwegian capital argues that the ‘moral’ duty to cut emissions from burning waste can be met by carbon capture

Vegetarians and vegans frequently discuss the best cities to live in or visit, because it's easier to enjoy a place when there are restaurants and activities that match your preferences...

Big windows and high air-conditioning needs mean radical new approaches are needed

From walking more to reducing waste, here’s what you can do to make a difference

A look at hundreds of startups rebuilding affordable housing from the ground up.

The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 forced the evacuation of nearby Pripyat, home to 45,000 people. David McMillan has journeyed there 21 times since to record abandoned homes and buildings as they are reclaimed by nature

The phrase "global warming" gets tossed around a lot, but do we really understand what it means and how it will feel? In the groundbreaking Paris Agreement, 195 countries agreed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius...

Earlier this week in a new experimental newsletter I’ve been helping Danny Crichton on, we briefly discussed transit pundit Jarrett Walker’s article in The Atlantic arguing against the view that ridesharing and microtransit...