I love playing tourist in my own town. Every once in awhile on a Sunday, I pretend I'm on vacation with a couple of good friends, throw on the running shoes and go on an urban walkabout. Toronto's one … [Read more...]
Green Cities: Vancouver
February 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
With the excitement of the Olympics still fresh on hearts and minds across the planet, along with the spectacular images of snow-capped peaks, lush urban parks, sparkling ocean and a cosmopolitan … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Kathmandu
September 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Surprised to see the medieval city of Kathmandu on the "Green Cities" list? Me too, but Richard Register, author of Ecocities and president of Ecocity Builders in Oakland, California, believes that … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Singapore
September 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This densely populated island city-state in Southeast Asia was early to the table on environmental policy and has since become an inspiration for other cities (and countries) trying to achieve the … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Reykjavik, Ic
July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Not only do the numerous hot springs running beneath the world's northernmost capital provide its denizens with a place to soak and relax, but these geothermal springs also provide almost all of … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Amsterdam, Ne
June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Anyone who's ever visited free-spirited, liberal and tolerant Amsterdam knows that it can feel like a trip to the cottage. Cars, trucks and buses are conspicuously absent. In Amsterdam the bicycle … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Toronto, On
June 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
With more trees than people and about 8,000 hectares of parks, ravines, valley lands, woodlots and waterfront natural areas, it's no wonder Toronto residents have long been passionate … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Chicago, Il
June 1, 2009 By 2 Comments
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is ambitious, powerful, competitive, and, lucky for Chicagoans, green. He wants Chicago to be known as the greenest city in America, and seems unstoppable when it comes to … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Portland, OR
May 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Of all "green cities" on my research list, Portland is the reigning green media darling for the past several years. Number 1 on SustainLane’s 2006, 2007 and 2008 US City Rankings for sustainability, … [Read more...]
Green Cities~Curitiba, Brazil
May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Perhaps the world's most advanced practitioner of green city design, architect and former mayor of Curitiba, Jaime Lerner, transformed his city in southern Brazil over three decades into what is now … [Read more...]
Green Cities Series
April 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
What, exactly, is a "green city"? Is the term not an oxymoron? If a green city is an ideal whose time has come, why, then, does it still feel so impossibly Utopian? My definition of a green city is … [Read more...]
