Designer Julie Eilenberger pulls the stars down from the sky and makes clothes. As if that wasn’t enough, her blog is a thing of beauty too.
Read the full story »This slice of photographer and skater Jerry Hsu’s life is compulsive viewing.
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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.
Feed Informer is a great tool for aggregating RSS feeds which allows you to select a number of output options.
Smart, sassy advice on saving money and managing your life, this is financial planning for everyday life. Isn’t it time to take control of your bank account?
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.
Europe’s leading publisher of locally produced city guides.
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.