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
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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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Hydromania
Geoff Manaugh, 7 Sep 10 Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron's recent book Hydromania has yet to appear in English, as far as I can tell, but I'd love to read it when it does. [Image: The German cover of Hydromania by Assaf Gavron] (via BLDGBLOG) Set...
Product-Services, Urban Innovation and the Death of Car Culture
Alex Steffen, 7 Sep 10 A few items of interest: We'll be writing more about the recent spate of books and reports on product-service systems and sharing models soon, but for right now, this image from our friends at GOOD is a pretty interesting take...
Transportation's True Cost and AuthorAid
WorldChanging Team, 7 Sep 10 Looking back two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 How Much Does Transportation Really Cost? Hassan Masum explores the true cost of transportation by examining a study from Transport Canada... 2005 AuthorAid Jamais Cascio reports on AuthorAid, a...
Bus to the Future: Inventor Song Youzhou Presents the 'Straddling Bus'
Amanda Reed, 6 Sep 10 You may have already seen renderings of the 'Straddling Bus' when the concept made headlines last month. Now, chinadialogue has posted a six and a half minute video of the inventor, Song Youzhou, explaining the idea, including how the...
The Back Story
Amanda Reed, 6 Sep 10 Worldchanging's Executive Editor Alex Steffen has long touted the benefits of product backstories -- see "Principle 1: The Backstory" or "Spinach, Feedlots and Knowing the Backstory " for examples -- and now The New York Times is getting hip to...
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