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Books: Daniel Goleman’s “Ecological Intelligence” is about knowing what you’re buying, when you’re buying it
Wed, 27/01/10 – 15:37 | No Comment
Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half; with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 30 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries. Goleman’s latest book is Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything. The book argues that new information technologies will create “radical transparency,” allowing us to know the environmental, health, and social consequences of what we buy. As shoppers use point-of-purchase ecological comparisons to guide their purchases, market share will shift to support steady, incremental upgrades in how products are made – changing every thing for the better. Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships, was published in 2006.
Tools: Feed Informer
Sun, 17/01/10 – 22:39 | No Comment

Feed Informer is a great tool for aggregating RSS feeds which allows you to select a number of output options.

Article: What is “deep walkability” and why does it matter?
Sat, 16/01/10 – 11:38 | No Comment

The true test of walkability I think is this: Can you spend a pleasant half hour walking or on transit and end up at a variety of great places? The quality of having a feast of options available when you walk out your front door is what I’m starting to think of as “deep walkability.” Deep walkability ought to be the top priority driving urban design and development in our communities. We ought to be looking at how to knit our walkable communities together and how to make friendlier the unwalkable streets between them.

Tools: CommunityWalk
Fri, 15/01/10 – 17:07 | No Comment

A nice tool to build maps with photos, videos + more

Product: Destination City Guides by In Your Pocket
Fri, 15/01/10 – 16:15 | No Comment

Europe’s leading publisher of locally produced city guides.

SustainableCities.net
Mon, 7/12/09 – 17:15 | No Comment

Sustainable Cities is a small catalytic organization that tackles the daunting challenges of urban sustainability. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with an active network of over 40 cities in 14 countries, Sustainable Cities is a think tank and a “do tank,” delivering results through practical demonstration projects and peer learning networks, and scaling those lessons out through affiliations and high-profile events.

Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network
Mon, 7/12/09 – 17:12 | No Comment

The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network aims to catalyze attention, funding, and action on building climate change resilience for poor and vulnerable people by creating robust models and methodologies for assessing and addressing risk through active engagement and analysis of various cities.