Mayor questions the role of social media in urban planning
A story in the New York Times on Mayor Bloomberg’s speech in Singapore, where he was accepting an award for urban sustainability, noted that the…
Can social media help design a better city?
(Image via GSAAP Studio-X NYC) What role does social media play in city design and development? Technological changes have brought forth new ways for…
Rising Currents
Rising Currents was a 2010 exhibit at MoMA featuring re-designs of New York City’s waterfront, as a way to showcase ideas for resilient, adaptive…
Mannahatta 2409: a work in progress
Eric Sanderson, ecologist and creator of the Welikia Project, is now leading a team to create a new version of Mannahatta: an interactive tool that will let visitors experiment with the design of the city of the future.
New electronics recycling center opens in Brooklyn
The Lower East Side Ecology Center has just opened an E-Waste recycling center in Brooklyn, at 469 President Street (at Nevins Street). Starting today the center will…
Cleanweb Hackathon Sparks Ingenuity Downtown for Green Data
This weekend developers and designers put their minds to coming up with the best ideas for new apps for sustainability, in the two day…
Bicycle power from Times Up
Times Up, the New York-based direct action environmental group, has been steadily perfecting their bicycle generators, shown in a series of videos on YouTube: …