Tag: City Life

To Exurbia and Back in One Short Year

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Back when I had a real job, we lived in a planned subdivision that was specifically designed to foster the feeling of community and car-free convenience. Read more »

Does Sharing Streets "Irk" Drivers, or Enliven Cities?

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The New York Times incites controversy with a headline about European cities "irking" drivers-- but the article itself tells a different story. Read more »

Event: Can we Make Place for Abundance in the Bay Area?

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Every day we are bombarded with stories of scarcity. We are constantly being told that we’re running out of everything from food to freedom. But is that true? Maybe. Read more »

David Byrne's Detroit Travelogue

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Rediscovering Detroit's rich artistic and cultural heritage, and how it could revitalize the city. Read more »

Without A Car In The World

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This Wednesday, September 22, is annual World CarFree Day. Around the globe, cities, organizations, and individuals will take the day to make a car-free future present for 24 hours. Read more »

The Spooky City

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Tomorrow, cities will teem with people in theoretically scary costumes. We think of sharing as a benign behavior, but over at i09, Annalee Newitz explores the sinister side of the shareable city.

"Your city seethes with ghosts. Read more »

New Study: The Suburbs are Bad for You

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From our friends at the RAND Corporation:

Suburban sprawl is linked to the incidence of many chronic health ailments.... Read more »

What's Your Carbon Footprint?

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The Academy of Sciences in San Francisco—a marvel of sustainable architecture and engineering—contains a participatory exhibit called “What’s your carbon footprint?” which is part of a larger installation on climate chan. Read more »

Urban Collectives in the New York Times

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“Some of the things we like are: permaculture, living sustainably, gardening, dancing, hula hooping, yoga, herbalism, making music, active listening, non-violent communication ... Read more »

Festival of Urban Parks

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The terrific blog Infrastructuralist posted a wonderful entry about the keystone of shareable space in cities: parks. Read more »
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