Tag: cities

Eco-Friendly Playgrounds: How Schools and Parks Are Reducing Their Environmental Footprint

One of the main concerns with using sustainable materials is that it won’t look like a modernized playground. This couldn’t be farther from the truth! Many of these recycled, sustainable materials can be painted and purchased in fun and vibrant colors. You may just be surprised to see the possibilities. And upon first glance, many visitors may not even realize that the playground is eco-friendly in the first place.

How Eco-Friendly Playgrounds Are Reshaping Community Green Spaces

An eco-friendly playground goes a long way toward saving the city money. This is obviously also true for schools and churches that want to create new play spaces for the kids. The equipment can come in at a lower cost because the materials have been repurposed.

AI scientist gets full map of urban trees using Google Street View

A tree lab at MIT can predict using AI how trees can green a city, or how they will grow in time better serving city planners green plans.

Join the urban farming movement

Urban farming, whether found in large urban cities like Chicago, or in a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem, is rapidly...

It’s not the tide. It’s not the wind. It’s us.

When former US Vice President Al Gore warned about the consequences of global warming and climate change and was both...

GreenIQ Waters Your Garden by Phone

Smart phone developers aren't just devising novel ways to deliver information about composting and how to save energy (like 5...

Bulldozers Raze Ancient Urban Farm in Turkey

The Yedikule neighborhood of Istanbul is on edge as bulldozers recently razed two gardens that have been cultivated for...

UN: Urban Trees Needed Everywhere

Tighten your city's green belt on World Habitat Day: Plant trees everywhere, in cities all over the Middle East. When...

Tree-trimming Mob Uncovered in Israel

The sting operation  "Weeds in the Underbrush" uncovered a cartel of tree-trimmers in Israel. It's really quite common to...

Time For A Cycling Revolution and “Critical Mass” In Cairo

Before the 25th of January no more than 150 cyclists could pedal together without attracting police authorities' attention. In Cairo, Inji...

Eggs! Raise Your Own Hens In A Chicken Coop Built From Scrap

From a long line of egg farmers in Holland, Karin's dad finally builds her a chicken coop March, 2020 update....

Grow Fish Anywhere – Commercially, Safely In Cities and Deserts

Sea bream, a common fish farm species, can now be grown in cities and deserts, safely. The seas and lakes...