Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Hartford Courant–Breaking levees, falling bridges, an 83-year-old steam pipe bursting in midtown Manhattan – how much proof do we need that America’s infrastructure is in perilous shape? Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
An exhibition entitled “Planet Earth: From Space to Place”, organized by the Science Sector, has been inaugurated by Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden and Goodwill Ambassador, Claudia Cardinale . The purpose of the exhibition, that comes ahead of the proclaimed International Year of Planet Earth in 2008, is to showcase the planet’s diversity, as
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
The Tech– With world-class universities, innovative young companies, and a vibrant arts community, Boston is no slouch at attracting talent. But FutureBOSTON, an urban development project and competition organized by MIT, insists that the city can — and must — do better. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
UN — At a United Nations General Assembly debate today, the body’s President said that stamping out poverty goes hand in hand with achieving peace, urging all States to step up their efforts in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight ambitious targets to stamp out poverty and other ills by 2015. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
GreenBuildings.com — The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will develop a rating system for sustainable landscape design that is similar to LEED. ASLA will announce its Sustainable Sites Initiative Saturday at its annual meeting, which has as its theme, “Design with Nature: The Art of Balance.” Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
NOAA — The first update of a report tracking the state of the Arctic indicates that some changes in that region are larger and occurring faster than those previously predicted by climate models, while other indicators show some stabilizing. Read More
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
ABC News– Some of Australia’s top urban planning experts have put out a manifesto demanding coordinated policies to cope with the rapid growth of our major cities. Read More
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
ASIA TIMES — “We think urban is the future,” says James Lasswell, a retired colonel who now heads the Office of Science and Technology at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. “Everything worth fighting for is in the urban environment.” Read More
Monday, October 15th, 2007
PR— Autodesk, Inc. announced the Autodesk U-Vis 360 Core, a new solution platform that integrates building design, manufacturing, mapping, and infrastructure data and displays it in a single visualization environment. Specifically tailored for federal and state and local governments, solutions built on the U-Vis 360 platform provide a complete and highly accurate 360-degree inside-outside-under view
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
THE SEATTLE TIMES — Increasing the fuel efficiency of the cars we drive is a great cause. But it’s not enough. We have to go a giant step further with sharp cuts in how far, and how often, we drive. If we don’t, there’s virtually no chance we can reduce our cars’ massive greenhouse-gas emissions.
