urban renewal

His idea is to turn disused water ways into functional space by populating them with solar panels shaped like water lilies. Aiming to increase quality of life, while generating energy,

A newspaper article on a popular urban agricultural project that took place for the first time last year in the poor town of Middlesbrough, North East England as part of a design initiative called Dott07. The project now in its second year goes from strength to strength with 2000 informal 'urban farmers' due to plant this year and reap the harvest at a large-scale town meal. More on the strategic spatial and land-use planning issues at http://tinyurl.com/2843d9.

Atlantic Yards went from being the story of the year in 2007 and maybe again in 2008 to being just a stadium minus all the horrific baggage. Get the full story at GBK with bits from NYT, The Brooklyn Papers, and Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn.

THE URBAN BIOSPHERE, URBAN SHAMANISM. BOTH BOOKS CURRENTLY IN PRINT FROM EMPOWERMENT PRESS AND UPDATED AT LEAST WEEKLY. CD AND PRINTED FORMAT. PRINCIPLES OF EMPOWERED LIVING IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: EARTH FRIENDLY SKILLS, ECOLONOMICS, NUTRITION, HEALTH, ETC.

The small shrinking town of Güssing is reinventing and revitalizing itself greenly, generating its own energy and trying to attract new business and research to bring money and growth to the area.

They have reduced their carbon dioxide emissions by a staggering 93 percent in the last twelve years. Read on to learn more about this pioneering leader in eco-living.

Video presentation of a talk by activist Majora Carter at the 2005 TED conference, on the role of sustainable development and green business in the revitalization of New York City's South Bronx. Carter, who was awarded a 2005 MacArthur "genius" grant, now serves as executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, where she pushes both for eco-friendly practices (such as green and cool roofs) and, equally important, job training and green-related economic development for her vibrant neighborhood on the rise.