» The Ghost of a Green Los Angeles
09/02/10 22:02 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
Today, I took a long walk through the old neighborhoods of Long Beach: craftsman bungalows, Mission-style courtyard apartment buildings, quaint and walkable streets, old trees shading the sidewalks, the beach breeze blowing through. It put..
» State of Green Business Forum: San Francisco
09/02/10 22:00 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
The annual publication of the State of Green Business Report drew sustainability experts of all kinds to San Francisco in the first of two U.S. events presented by Greener World Media. While the State of the Union delivered in Washington w..
» Light and the Bright Green City
09/02/10 19:41 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
It\'s become a common slide at conferences: a map of the Earth at night, with the wealthier and denser areas shining brightly. Africa seen at night is largely dark, and this is often the point of the slide: look at how much energy some peop..
» De-Industrializing the City
08/02/10 20:27 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
One of my favorite quotes by Bjarke Ingels: \"Engineering without engines. We should use contemporary technology and computation capacity to make our buildings independent of machinery. Building services today are essentially mechanical com..
» Vote Today and Help Us Win $5K!
08/02/10 19:43 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
Just by clicking a button, you can help us win a $5,000 grant from Brighter Planet . Worldchanging\'s project proposal, Advocate for Climate Neutral Cities , has just been accepted for Brighter Planet\'s Project Fund, which provides seed mon..
» Visions Desirable, Present and Future
08/02/10 19:03 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
Here at WorldChanging, we often have conversations about how best to envision desirable futures. Not just on how to collaborate on designing them, or accelerate development on the kind of technology that would get us there, but how to port..
» Headlines from Worldchanging Canada (December 2009 - January 2010)
08/02/10 18:32 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
Top stories from our Canadian blog: Tokyo\'s Transforming Tower | Madeline Ashby \"I wish there were a way to combine these shutters and some form of external cladding, but in a year both the tower\'s designers and its inhabitants will unders..
» Where Did We Go Wrong on \"Green Jobs\"?
06/02/10 02:12 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
I was in a meeting today with some smart folks that got me thinking again about \"green jobs,\" specifically Van Jones\' message about the intersection of environmentalism and social justice. They\'re not polished thoughts, but I thought I\'d s..
» PermaCorps, Haiti: Sustainable Disaster Relief pt.2
04/02/10 19:56 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
Responding to disasters requires doing a lot with a little as quickly as possible . After my post on the use of solar power as part of the Haitian recovery, a few readers pointed me to aid efforts that are using permaculture techniques to ..
» Why Our Bright Green Futures Will Be Weirder Than We Think
04/02/10 18:49 from WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
I\'ve been thinking about how weird the future is getting. One of the most creatively interesting aspects of zero impact as a goal is the way in which it transforms our understanding of many of the \"solutions\" now on the table. When we see ..