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Nature, 365 days a year.  Eat it up!

In conjunction with the exhibition “Vertical Cities: Hong Kong | New York,” The Skyscraper Museum has organized an international symposium examining the dramatic vertical urbanism of Hong Kong and exploring comparisons with New York City. Three separate programs will be held in partnership with The Regional Plan Association, The New School's India China Institute and The Tishman Environment and Design Center.

What to do, where to go, and how to make flower popping soil with those kitchen scraps you thought were trash.  FABULOUS guest posting by Tracy Fay, author and founder of ModernUrbanLiving.com.

There are 100,000 people a day safely using Velib' in the massive urban center that is Paris, with no road rage, accidents or even near-accidents that we witnessed. I think it's time we either dispel the notion that bikes are unsafe in US traffic or change traffic so that bikes can be a significant part of the mobility mix...

According to a new study, at least 50 percent of the world’s population currently lives in cities, and humans are building the equivalent of a city the size of Vancouver every week. This urbanization threatens to obliterate endangered species and hasten the decline of natural resources like fresh water.

5 cool urban design ideas that bring a touch of green to the drab city gray

Ranking of top green cities. Sadly, my home town of Washington, DC was #12

Abu Dhabi announces an initial investment of US$15 billion during the opening ceremony of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), themost ambitious sustainability program launched by a government. It will finance projects targeting solar, wind and hydrogenpower, carbon reduction and management, sustainable development, education, manufacturing as well as research and development.

Welcoming wild visitors to your backyard

"Seattle legalized goats as pets last month largely under the banner of sustainability. The goats are required to be licensed just like a dog or cat and horns must be removed. Urban goat owners enjoy fresh milk and cheese daily. I can't wait to see a Prius with a goat in the back seat." This is awesome. Caveat: If anyone has had a goat, you know you do not want to put it in the back seat of your Prius.

Mapmyride.com will map any route, calculate distance and elevation changes, and provide you a printable map for safer cycling, running or "artful walking".

After 2010, Toronto cannot dump trash in Michigan anymore - A new deal calls for waste shipments to be reduced by 20 per cent by the end of 2007, by 40 per cent by the end of 2008 and then fully eliminated by the end of 2010. Earlier this year, the government streamlined the environmental approval processes to allow dumps to be built faster, and Toronto has evolved a hot new recycling program that may be the answer - a new waste disposal system will insure that the city has the funds it needs to build new 'cleaner' dumps, closer to home.

Article on urban ecovillages, specifically ones in Cleveland and Cincinnati.