I’m now living in Seattle close to Green Lake Park. We visited the park a couple of days ago and enjoyed the landscape as well as the people around us. The park offers many adult and youth community programs. I’m excited to try out some water activities.
Filed under: city, parks on September 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
Last week I visited a friend of mine, Luke, who lives in a co-op in New Cross, South London. The Sanford Co-op has been around since the early 1970s and is known for its sustainable energy use and communal atmosphere.
Up until last week everyone has claimed a bike parking space next to a tree, […]
Filed under: city, gardens, future, caves, environmental planning on June 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »
“When I had a car I was always tense. I’m much happier this way,” said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor.
Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a […]
Filed under: city, future, environmental planning on May 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
It’s already well blogged, this vertical farming idea, and its currently the 8th most emailed article on the NYTimes.
Vertical farming is currently only conceptual and is the work of a Columbia professor, Dickson Despommier (of the apple trees) and his grad students. It begins with a skyscraper used to raise food such as fruit, vegetables, […]
Filed under: farm, city, future, environmental planning on July 16th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This “auto-sufficient amphibious” city will mostly likely end up being some kind of eco-resort for the rich long before it becomes a refuge for the displaced. But oh I wish I could live on it now.
Each city-pad can sustain 50,000 inhabitants and includes plans for self-sustainable resources, zero or no co2 emissions, and obviously the […]
Filed under: city, lilypad, future, environmental planning on July 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
