HafenCity: A Case Study on Future-Adaptive Urban Development
Cities need to plan for the future now by developing infrastructure and communities that make them resilient, rugged and adaptable to planetary changes. Coastal cities are particularly vulnerable to increased flooding from larger storm surges and sea level rise. And, as Bruce Stutz noted last year, "adapting to this reality has become a key part of future planning for London...
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Collaborative Democracy: Beth Noveck on Reengineering Civic Life
The following are remixed highlights of Beth Noveck's talk "Transparent Government" that she gave as part of the Long Now...
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The following are remixed highlights of Beth Noveck's talk "Transparent Government" that she gave as part of the Long Now...
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Austin's Energy Conservation Gem: A Worldchanging Interview with Paul Robbins
Paul Robbins has been an environmental activist and consumer advocate since 1977. He has worked on many issues related to...
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The Next US Climate Strategy: Celebrate the EPA
I have a few thoughts about what's next for climate action in the U.S. In the wake of yesterday's devastating...
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I have a few thoughts about what's next for climate action in the U.S. In the wake of yesterday's devastating...
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Big Green Boxes: A "Hub-and-Spoke Model" for City Farming
Amanda Reed, 2 Sep 10 Grist has a new series of interviews up on people who are working to change America's food system in inspiring ways. Yesterday they posted an interview with Gene Fredericks that is worth a read; it introduces Fredericks's new venture: Big...
Fuel Efficiency for Low-Income Homes, Gapminder, and The Human Storm
WorldChanging Team, 2 Sep 10 Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Cruel Cost of Clunkers Suzie Boss reports on the hidden social cost of maintaining clunker cars and how one innovative non-profit, Bonnie CLAC, is working to improve...
FOUR YEARS.GO. - A New Campaign to Shift the Trends of Humanity
Amanda Reed, 1 Sep 10 The time to act on climate change is now. In that light, a new campaign called FOUR YEARS.GO. has been started to inspire action towards a more environmentally sustainable and socially just planet in the next four years. As they...
Climate Skeptic - Now with Less Skepticism!: Lomborg Changes Tune
Alex Aylett, 1 Sep 10 For those who – like me – missed the news on Monday: the world's most well known climate change skeptic has done a dramatic about face. Bjorn Lomborg's 1998 book “The Skeptical Environmentalist” has been a pillar for critics of...
Stealing the Future, The Ethics of Dust, and Networked Sprawl
WorldChanging Team, 1 Sep 10 Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Rights of Future Generations Alex examines the rights of future generations and wonders in what courts those rights might be defended, and how... 2009 Manifesta: Caring for...
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