Food & agriculture – Aug 8
Food that travels well (food miles)
A truly African green revolution
Ethanol feeds hot market for farmland
Urban farming’s time has come (eliminating restrictions)
Buildings
Urban design – Aug 8
Driving out the weak link (Smart City Brisbane)
World’s first carbon-free city … in Abu Dhabi
Cities in the deindustrial future
One of the most common assumptions about the world after peak oil is that cities will become deathtraps and only isolated rural communities have a chance at survival. Does this rarely questioned belief require a hard second look?
Transport – Aug 4
Why they fight… the Heathrow airport expansion
Japan’s hybrid train hailed as the future of rail travel
$100m a year call to boost pedal power in Melbourne
How arch rivals colluded to hike up cost of air travel
Solar – Aug 3
Too much energy is wasted by converting it
A solar oven saves energy
Thin film’s time in the sun
Transport – July 31
The world’s costliest roadworks? Widening the M6- at £1,000 an inch
Europeans reluctant to give up cars
WalkScore and the Great Neighborhood Book
MPs urge government to boost water freight (canals)
Solutions & sustainability – July 28
They might look like hobbits’ dwellings…
Radical Finns persevere off BC coast
Everyday living – unplugged
Juicing down for global warming
More transport – July 26
Interactive site: is your neighborhood walkable?
How London car curbs inspired U.S. cities
Transport policy needs to go off-road (Australia)
Solutions & sustainability – July 21
Peak oil and solutions on NPR (Albert Bates interview)
City commissioner Adams sees web of streetcars for Portland
Smart Cities: rethinking the city centre in Brisbane
Transport – July 19
BREAKING: New York City’s traffic fee plan wins state OK
What drives quality of life for seniors? Driving
Flying high on pond scum
Housing & urban design – July 18
Planning for Climate Change
Surviving the Century
Landlords wake up and smell the green
Birmingham pilots Sun-space scheme
Pressure to preserve tree canopy heats up
Transport – July 16
NYC congestion plan down to wire
A new French Revolution: let them ride bikes
