How Cities and Nature Can Coexist
As modern cities grow and expand into vast metropoles of metal and concrete, we lose our connection to nature. While there is certainly progress in terms of technology and growth, many cities are losing sight of what their citizens truly need. In order to foster...
How to Power a City Sustainably
It’s time for cities to take their climate roles seriously. In fact, many cities around the world are implementing 100% renewable energy, and there’s no better time for the rest to get on board. More than 40 cities worldwide have taken up the challenge to get all...
Sustainable Building Materials
What does it take for architecture to be sustainable? It’s not just vehicles that contribute to pollution; buildings consume 20-50% of physical resources and produce emissions long after construction. Sustainable architecture includes both the use of resources in...
Air Quality Strategies to Improve City Carbon Emissions
Air pollution is the worst environmental and health risk worldwide, and cities are the biggest polluters, contributing up to 70% of the world’s carbon emissions. We’re choking out our planet and our people. Clearly, something needs to change. Cities around the...
How Cities Around the World are Planning for Climate Change
A growing majority of the global population lives in urban areas, many of them coastal cities that are vulnerable to severe flooding and tropical storms. Leaders and citizens in these urban areas recognize the importance of continued protection of cities from...
