Getting bike lanes built quickly and cheaply (youtu.be)
Trees planted in parking lots are often STRESSED! (vid.priv.au)
These gardens along busy roads help reduce flooding from stormwater! (piped.lunar.icu)
The hidden green oases of Naples: Repurposing forgotten spaces for the people (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1221218...
Culver City's Transit Was Doomed From The Start - A Harm Reduction Approach (Part 1) (m.youtube.com)
I loved the parallel between transit strategies and public health. Might be a useful approach in many areas given the resistance to reducing car infrastructure that we see in many areas.
Designing Urban Places that Don't Suck (www.youtube.com)
Can American cities save themselves? This one thinks so (youtu.be)
Plans approved to turn Birmingham car park into urban farm (www.bbc.com)
To Feel Less Heat, We Need More Trees in Our Cities (www.sierraclub.org)
Light pollution is the easiest pollution to fix — so why aren't we doing it? "If we can't do this to simply not waste light... then we will have failed the fundamental test of progress and change i... (www.salon.com)
To Fight Heat, Pacoima Started To Test A New ‘Cool Paint’ Last Year. The Results Are Becoming Tangible (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2051579...
From flak bunker to green bunker (www.bunker-stpauli.de)
Which cities have the most drinking fountains? (citymonitor.ai)
About Strong Towns (www.strongtowns.org)
I just wanted to introduce this group to Strong Towns, a non profit devoted to making development make sense. I worked with the founder of Strong Towns years ago when the idea was new....
Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town (youtu.be)
The Worst Traffic in Japan is not in Tokyo (youtu.be)
It's the cars 🚗 (lemmy.world)
Source: seattle.gov/…/2020_GHG_Inventory_Oct_2022.pdf
the Ontario Science Centre, a piece of sustainable brutalist architecture designed to integrate into and show respect to it's environment, is slated to be torn down (i.ibb.co)
I thought those of you who aren’t torontonians, and may have never heard of the science center, would be interested in this story. The science center is a phenomenal building that most people living in Ontario have fond memories of. It was designed to draw attention to the environment it existed in, emphasizing natural...
Street trees are planted incorrectly in many cities! (inv.vern.cc)
Additionally: 99% of the time they specifically plant non-fruiting trees....
Pothole mosaics — a somewhat common form of city art, where the artist fills small cracks with colourful tiles. Photo from Marseille (media.kbin.social)
Seine to open for public swimming after Paris Olympics, mayor says (www.theguardian.com)
This incredible greenhouse by JohnnyBagels (w/ Link to build video!) (www.reddit.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/689547...
The solarpunk building where I'm working in (slrpnk.net)
I usually work from home, but at the moment I’m working in that zero-energy building. It’s not the most beautiful, but it actually generates more energy than it consumes! There is a small garden on the rooftop with vegetables for employees to pick up and wooden picnic tables. The wooden structure holds solar panels and...
I love me some grassy trams (lemmy.world)
