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Update on EcoCity World Summit

Erica Schlaikjer — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:47:56 +0000

As a follow-up post to our initial announcement of the Ecocity World Summit in Istanbul, scheduled for December 13-15, here are a few links to stories from the Ecocity Media website you may enjoy: Keep the ...

Towards a More Sustainable Jakarta

David Daddio — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:24:19 +0000

Jakarta is the world’s sixth most populous metropolitan area. At 18.9 million people, the Indonesian capital’s total population falls just short of metropolitan Mumbai and New York and its built environment covers some 5,100 square ...

What’s Schipper Saying? “Very Little Energy Savings Per Car Clunked”

Erica Schlaikjer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:45:13 +0000

Welcome to our first weekly installment of “What’s Schipper Saying?”, a “Where’s Waldo”-esque online scavenger hunt of comments about sustainable transport, cities and fuel efficiency made by EMBARQ Founder Lee Schipper, a senior research engineer ...

“Historic” International Day of Climate Action

David Daddio — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:12:12 +0000

Apparently 350.org’s October 24th International Day of Climate Action was a huge success and a historic day for climate activism across the globe. According to organizers, there were 5,200 events in 181 countries. CNN called ...

U.S. Senate Climate Hearings – Will Washington Champion Sustainable Transportation?

David Daddio — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:07:45 +0000

“the science is screaming at us to take action” ~Senator John Kerry Today is the second installment of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee’s three-day legislative hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American ...

Google Maps Takes on Sustainable Mobility

David Daddio — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:31:28 +0000

Considering a company whose mission is to “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” I think it’s safe to say that Google’s map division has met and exceeded all expectations ...

U.S. Colleges Score Big on Sustainable Transportation

Patricio Chile — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:04:46 +0000

Is the recession putting the brakes on sustainable transportation projects? Not at colleges and universities, it seems. The 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, released earlier this month, gave 105 institutions an “A” for transportation. Only ...

Cyclists Take to the Streets for 350.org International Day of Climate Action

Erica Schlaikjer — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:48:55 +0000

Tomorrow is the International Day of Climate Action, an international movement launched by environmentalist and activist Bill McKibben of 350.org. The 350 campaign encourages people around the world to organize an “action” — a music and arts ...

Senate Briefing Focuses on “Moving Cooler” Report

David Daddio — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:27:02 +0000

A briefing hosted by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) yesterday delved into the transportation’s impact on carbon emissions and examined different strategies that can be incorporated into upcoming climate and transportation legislation to ...

Rea Vaya On the Move in Joburg, South Africa

Aileen Carrigan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:40:48 +0000

The City of Johannesburg launched Rea Vaya, South Africa’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system, on August 30, and by early October the system was reportedly carrying approximately 12,000 daily passengers along the 25 kilometer ...