June 2010
24 posts
“I often imagine a future in which neighborhoods are no longer determined by...”
– Shareable: An Alternate Universe
“One observation has that struck me since my move, is the way online communities...”
– Shareable: An Alternate Universe
“Nous visons une époque où l’argent est vu comme un but ultime, où les...”
– INTI: L’argent responsable
10 Principles of Sustainable Urban Transport
smartercities:
michaelpoos:
The following 10 Principles were created by the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy to “meet the challenges of rapid population growth and climate change while improving competitiveness.”
Walk the walk: Create great pedestrian environments.
Powered by people: Create a great environment for bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles.
Get on the...
Summer approaches, time to pack our stuff, fill our car and leave for a long long trip, that wil take us, after several hours, to a nice beach very far away…
(image: wikipedia)
Or maybe not. Why do we have to travel so much to find a place that makes us feel good? There is another solution, cheaper and nicer, that can change our town in a tropical island: the Urban Beach.
Close one of the...
“Je me permets de vous informer que… la Suisse a battu l’Espagne 1 à 0.”
– Très professionnel, le conducteur de l’Intercity n’a pas relâché son micro que les réactions fusent dans le train. Les voyageurs échangent des regards béats, des “eh ben!”, “C’est génial”, de grands sourires alors qu’ils ne s’étaient même pas regardés en prenant place. D’ailleurs ils se salueront...
“Pour beaucoup, la plus belle période de l’année commence et finit par un trajet...”
– Projet «vacances sans voiture» dans les Alpes suisses
Plusieurs fois, dans mon parcours quotidien, je vois des espaces qui pourraient facilement être améliorés. Souvent ce qui leur manque n’est pas grand chose: un sentier à illuminer, des passages piétons à ajouter, un mur à repeindre… des petites choses que, toutes ensemble, pourraient améliorer la qualité de vie de tout un quartier.
Si vous aussi avez prouvées les mêmes sensation et avez la même...
“Thousands of creative artists have flocked to this German city, drawn by low...”
– Artists flock to cheap Berlin from around the world | Reuters
“Before we wrote about Detroit as the new Berlin. A place where new creative...”
– Detroit: $500 Home On The Ruins Of Fordism — The Pop-Up City
“In a recent essay on the food movement, Michael Pollan cites a sociologist who...”
– Shareable: What’s a Farmers’ Market For?
“The major obstacle to abundance is that our economy finds value only in...”
– Shareable: How to Create Abundant Cities
