urban life

Police Helicopter Chases Bear Away From Joggers With Baby (Video)

September 16, 2011

Screen shot from police helicopter video

In southern Ontario, some of the biggest development pressures are on land around Lake Simcoe, less than an hour from downtown Toronto, with a four lane highway inching north. There are huge fights going on to…

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Scotland Makes World’s First Urban Green Space Map

September 14, 2011

Holyrood Palace, the royal residence in Scotland, is surrounded by green space. Photo: Bernt Rostad / Creative Commons.

Finding a place to hike or picnic in Scotland’s cities just got easier with the introduction of what is thought to be the world’s …

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20 Square Mile Fake City To Be Built As Technology Test Bed

September 8, 2011

Remember that scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where Indie is stuck in a completely fake town with no people, and that was the basis of the phrase, “to nuke the fridge”, which was going to replace “to jump the shark”?

Th…

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MIT Researchers Launch Software To Help Plan Cities Better — Using Social Network Analysis

September 7, 2011

Image: Screengrab from Urban Network Analysis (UNA) toolbox tutorial video

It’s been estimated that 50 percent of the world’s population now lives in cities, with another two billion expected to move to already overcrowded urban areas in the next twen…

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A Twisting Plywood Sculpture Evokes a Denser, Greener London

September 3, 2011

Images courtesy of the Architectural Association Summer School 2011 Programme, unless otherwise noted.

The London Architectural Association has done a lot of eyebrow-raising work over the years, most of it elegant, conceptual and temporary. This year…

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The NYC Nomad: Man Couchsurfs Different Neighborhoods, While Working Full-Time

September 1, 2011

Photo: Neighborhoodr!

New Yorker Ed Casabian has embarked on an interesting social experiment of sorts. After a rough breakup with a longtime girlfriend in 2010, Casabian realized that he was happiest when travelling — so he decided to travel all ove…

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Artist Transforms Stuffy Old Lace Into Fantastic Street Art (Photos)

August 30, 2011

Photos: NeSpoon (via Behance)

If you associate hoodie-concealed men sporting spray cans with street art, think again. Think crocheted bicycles, yarn bombing and random acts of planting. To be sure, traditional urban art is dominated by men. But the la…

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High Line-Inspired New Elevated Park Will Bring Green And Pedestrian-Friendly Infrastructure To Mexico City

August 30, 2011

Images: Federal District Public Space Authority of Mexico.

Our extensive coverage of the High Line park in New York City proves how much TreeHuggers love elevated urban parks that bring new green to cities without occupying floor space.

Mexico City …

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A Green Roof is Evolving at the Museum of London

August 24, 2011

Photo: B.Alter

As part of the Museum of London’s massive refurbishment, they have begun to install an ambitious green roof on the top of the building. This will be a long-term research and demonstration project, rather than the sexy public spaces th…

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MIT Student Remaps Paris Based on Travel Time & Carbon Footprint

August 23, 2011

All Images Courtesy of Xiaoji Chen

I’ve traveled through Paris via bicycle, public transportation and even the occasional car. So when I saw Xiaoji Chen’s original maps of the city, I didn’t see them as distorted- they made perfect sense. Chen’s maps…

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