GreenSudbury

Cities like Greater Sudbury can deal with both their economic and environmental problems by thinking differently and involving their residents in solutions, Jeb Brugman said.

I believe in science and art and the practice of design that brings them together to change the world.

the two dominant scenarios about the American future that progressives seem to be wrestling with right now. These two scenarios might be described as:

1) Permanent Decline -2) Reinvented Greatness

In 2007, the city passed a resolution to become the most pedestrian-friendly city in Ontario by 2015.Clearly, it has a long way to go. But the sustainable mobility study, paid for by a provincial grant, is one step along that road. A draft of the plan is to be completed by the end of March and presented to council May 19

Architecture clearly illustrates the social, environmental, economic, and aesthetic costs of ignoring beauty. We are being torn out of ourselves by the loud gestures of people who want to seize our attention but give nothing in return.

The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.

How can we break the American love affair with the suburban lawn?
Can green houses be incorporated in skyscrapers?
What are the urban design strategies for food production in cities?
Can food grow on rooftops, parking lots, building facades?
What is required to remove foreclosure signs on lawns and convert them to gardens?

Well, where should I start? I am Canadian. I was born and raised in Sudbury, ON, a nickel-mining town which really set the stage for my perspective on the environment, and how important green techniques and processes really are.

It can’t be an accident that no one likes the Northern growth plan. It took a lot of work to produce a document with so little content. The major result seems to be that more and more Northerners are talking about seceding from Ontario

Artist Dana Reifler Amato and architect Peter Doo, who were charged with dreaming up a pie-in-the-sky project to serve the city, see an obvious solution here: Give vacant school space to artists in exchange for art instruction

Throughout 2010, Shetland will be playing host to its first year-long celebration of architecture and place, when Power of Place asks how architecture and place-making can help support more sustainable and thriving communities on our islands.

Recently, many of us have been alarmed to learn of accelerating rates of extinction among plants and animals on our planet. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate?