Nature

Mongolia Constructs Glacier To Cool Capital

The Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator will begin construction this winter of an artificial glacier to cool the city next summer and provide melt water for drinking and irrigation.

21 November 2011 - 1:00pm

The Atlantic

Nature Essential to Counteract Modern Life

Richard Louv says we're drowning in a "sea of circuitry" and in desperate need to reconnect with greenery and nature in our living spaces to sooth our souls.

15 October 2011 - 11:00am

Citiwire.net

All-Natural Cities

In this post from NRDC Swithcboard, Kaid Benfield argues that environmentalists need to care about cities, as urban areas can't be separated form "nature".

12 August 2011 - 8:00am

NRDC Switchboard

Portable Gardens Move Into Urban San Francisco Space

The Yerba Buena District Street Life Plan starts off its 10-year life to improve public space by placing six mobile gardens in parts of the district that have more concrete and asphalt than vegetation, reports John King for San Francisco Chronicle.

3 August 2011 - 5:00am

San Francisco Chronicle

The Campsite as Place

This piece from Places delves into the history of the campsite, their use of space, and their role in modern culture.

2 June 2011 - 8:00am

Places

Nature-Mimicking Infrastructure: 21st Century Technology?

Andy Lipkis, the founder and president of TreePeople, an organization in Los Angeles that brings natural concepts into the "urban forest", details his 40 years of work proving the feasibility of projects such as the Elmer Avenue Project.

3 December 2010 - 9:00am

The Planning Report

Walker Wells

What is Green Urbanism?

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 16:10

The term Green Urbanism keeps showing up unexpectedly in newspaper articles, conference session titles, blog posts, and casual conversation. While there is an innate, intuitive sense of the meaning, green urbanism may also seem as elusive as it is evocative. Having given this topic a fair amount of thought over the past several years, I, and my colleague and collaborator Ted Bardacke, arrived at the following working definition:

green urbanism: the practice of creating communities mutually beneficial to humans and the environment

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