by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk At midnight on 15 October, Jorn Verbeeck and Cathy Oke will start out in Oceania and Southeast Asia, then go to other parts of Asia and Eastern Europe, before venturing to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Not done yet, they’ll move on to...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk Create quieter delivery solutions. Declutter the roads and make them safer. Deliver goods more efficiently. Fast-track the development of alternative fuel technologies. Those were just some of the solutions Daring Cities’ presenters pondered,...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk In Montreal, they’re building Canada’s largest urban park. Once complete, the 8,000-hectare nature sanctuary will be eight times as large as New York’s Central Park. In Bonn, green roofs are now mandatory for any surface larger than 200...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk In Turku, Finland, sustainability meetings and events have gone virtual, reaching much larger audiences. The City of uMhlathuze, South Africa, has developed a programme to promote more home-based businesses. Oakland in the United States has...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk The former industrial shipyard Western Harbour boasts a heavy concentration of green roofs and a heat pump plant that provides residents with heating and cooling. The neighbourhood of Augustenborg is known for its focus on climate adaptation...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 7, 2023 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk “Humanity’s relationship with nature is broken.” That’s the unsettling observation UN Secretary General António Guterres made in a recent speech that Kobie Brand says helps keep things in perspective for her in her capacity as Global...
