Copenhagenize
19 May

“We need the mayors of cities to take some kind of leadership. In Toronto, every 3 hours, a pedestrian gets hit by a car. Every 7 hours, a cyclist gets hit by a car (…) These numbers should be an obsession for everyone – how to make it safe for pedestrians & cyclists when it is clearly not.” Gil Penalosa

the last experiment
18 May

It’s up to social change to make us act in an environmentally conscious way. But can we trick ourselves into saving ourselves?

If human beings were the perfectly rational creatures imagined by classical economists, we would have done something about climate change by now. But the central insight of behavioral economics — the once…
Top Cities For Biking... And Being Happier Too
16 May

“Riding a bike through a city is like navigating the collective neural pathways of some vast global mind.” David Byrne

Say Hello To Your Neighbor
16 May

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

street art by slinkachu
16 May

Citizens should care so much about the future that they should playing an active role in shaping it.

In other words, every leading social entrepreneur is a mass recruiter of local changemakers—a role model proving that citizens who channel their passion into action can do almost anything. Social…
Atacama desert
14 May

“It is the stars, the stars above us, which govern our conditions.” William Shakespeare

Emscherpark Duisburg
12 May

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” Jane Jacobs

Find Yourself
11 May

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” Alan Alda

RADICAL NATURE Mark Dion
11 May

“If nature has solved many problems we face today, why not go back to nature for inspiration? Why not engage with nature, understand how it works and then apply those lessons to life and work?” Tamara Kleinberg

trust your struggle
10 May

“Knowledge in a knowledge economy is progress” Kipal Sibal

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