Socio-Ecological Resilience and the Role of the Public
Mike Menser and Denise Thompson of CUNY and Adam Parris of Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay present “Socio-Ecological Resilience and the Role…
Earth Week: Going Beyond “Green”
Join the Tishman Environment and Design Center for an interactive showcase of community-based participatory research led by New School faculty and students addressing the impacts…
Smart Cities
Join us May 3-6, 2017 in building better, safer, and smarter cities of the 21st century during Smart Cities NYC ‘17. The first of its…
A Talk with R. Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic Institute, Germany, and Ecologic Institute, United States
Active in the international and European dimensions of environment and resources, climate and energy, and sustainable development policies for 25 years, R. Andreas Kraemer has been Director of Ecologic Institute since its foundation in 1995. In April 2008, he became chairman of the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC.
Gain insight into the world of environmental policy!
Event organized by Urban Future Lab and NYC ACRE.
The Utility Business Model: Evolution or Revolution?
This panel will examine emerging challenges and opportunities as utilities in NY and around the country evolve to meet the needs of a next-generation power system, develop services that offer their customers more choice, and deliver increased value to their shareholders.
Vision Zero becomes the law
In line with Vision Zero, the recent city initiative to reduce traffic-related injuries and deaths, on June 23 Mr. de Blasio signed 11 new traffic bills into law which are designed to tighten traffic enforcement and traffic data collection efforts.
Westchester Avenue Working Ride
The Transportation Alternatives Bronx Activist Committee is kicking off a new campaign to transform Westchester Avenue into a safer street for cyclists and pedestrians.
Who really owns that brand in your shopping cart?
Can this app give you more control over your life?
Book review: Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs
Cheap oil built the modern American landscape. Now what? Eric Sanderson has some ideas.
Composting, the Bloomberg way
Composting bins for all residences and businesses in New York City may not be far off.
The future of Food in NYC, a mayoral candidate forum
Learn about the mayoral candidates plans for NYC’s food systems. What actions will each mayoral candidate take to give NYC a sustainable, healthy, and economically…
A survey on extreme weather for every New York City resident
We offer a new survey, created by a team at Columbia University, to City Atlas readers to help guide policy-making in New York City. Please take it — it may be important in shaping how the city prepares for future events like Sandy.
NYC considering a Styrofoam ban
As reported in DNAinfo, Deputy Commissioner for Recycling and Sustainability Ron Gonen recently called for legislation to ban all food service Styrofoam containers and packaging in…
How Would You Make Policy Public?
CUP (Center for Urban Pedagogy) is seeking collaborators for the next four issues of Making Policy Public, their publication series that uses graphic and information design to explore and explain complex public policy issues.
NYTimes: “Making Cities Safer for Cyclists and Pedestrians”
To have a more sustainable, livable city, we must make the streets safe and accessible for pedestrians and bikers – cars should not be allowed to rule the streets.
New Congestion Charge in Milan
Following in London and Stockholm’s footsteps, Milan has recently introduced a new congestion charge in an effort to reduce traffic – and the initial results…
Cities: more housing = more density = better jobs = growing economy
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/sunday/one-path-to-better-jobs-more-density-in-cities.html "…When it comes to economic growth and the creation of jobs, the denser the city the better."