The conscience of a graphic novelist
Given the imperative of fast action on climate, 2018 must be a year that prioritizes decisions rather than simply adds more detail to a story…
Sidewalk Labs launches Link, more to come
Can a new initiative from Daniel Doctoroff and Google advance the civic conversation on climate change?
Beginning the Baykeeper
In recent years, science and policy have been catching up with Andrew Willner’s vision for a sustainable harbor.
British scientist gives best human rights talk of the year
“This is not about just incremental change. This is about whole system change. And this applies to all of us, whatever sphere of influence we have.”
Can positive thinking be the key to our big CO2 fix?
Public opinion lags scientific understanding of climate, and so our political system doesn’t move fast enough. A new book offers ideas to change that around.
Marshall Saunders
Citizens Climate Lobby aims to price carbon, solve climate change, and to do it in a way that crosses American political barriers. Founded by a Texan, after the creek behind his childhood home dried up.
Here Comes Solar: residential solar comes to NYC
Will solar panels soon become as iconic to New York’s rooftops as the ubiquitous water tower?
A new book about what we don’t know
Gernot Wagner is an economist who focuses on what he doesn’t know. Tail events, the black swans, the unknown unknowns. The future.
How can global finance…help the globe?
Can global finance rapidly shift gears to trigger a new wave of sustainable investing?
The power of local governments to plan for climate change
In a country where the president has been forced to work around Congress on climate strategy, the onus may be on local governments to take the challenge of long-term climate planning into their own hands. And local governments around the U.S. and the globe seem to be attempting just that, according to the results of the Urban Climate Change Governance Survey.
An introduction to the sharing economy
Can the sharing economy help solve global problems like climate change?
Why luxury developments are lonely and why we should care
When a New York City broker recently sold a condo in the opulent One57 building for $6.5 million to a Chinese woman, he expected her to move…
Manhattan, coffee island
Although no coffee beans are grown in Manhattan, for many reasons it is truly the coffee island. Rachel Northrop brings us on a big apple tour behind the bean.
Put sustainable city development on the national agenda
After the storm, Kaizhong Huang’s take on sustainability in the national arena
Barter for knowledge with Trade School
Trade School is New York’s unique creative barter-for-knowledge program. Classes are continuing through March and into April, and creating a class of your own is possible too.
Collaborative Consumption hits NYC
The Sustainability Practice Network (SPN) organized an event that took place yesterday at Green Spaces to discuss the trend of collaborative consumption, which was identified by Time in 2010 as one of the 10 ideas that will change the world. The talk was moderated by Roo Rogers, founder of Ozolab and panelists included the entrepreneurs Jen Abrams, Our Goods; Ron J. Williams, SnapGoods; Paul Steely White, Transportation Alternatives;
Top 3 US cities moving in different directions
City Forward presents data on the three largest cities in America: New York City, Los Angelos, and Chicago.Source: cityforward.org, via City Atlas