'Smart growth' on the rise in U.S. metropolitan regions

The term 'smart growth' is a bit of a misnomer because it should very well be inherent logic - smart growth takes into consideration issues such as land-use, the environment and economic concerns. According to...

ContainR : Solarpowered Mobile Cinema

My friends are doing this project. They've curated a programme of sports art films and are screening them in a custom built solar powered mobile cinema made from reconstituted shipping containers. It will be located...

CrossContamination Birdflu and Little change creates Big Danger

By Robert P. Eaton Jr.PLease respect copyright . No use of images is granted with out permission.(2 kids to feed struggling photographer...) See the text embedded in each image for the details... Birdflu in China....

Embracing the Blight of the Midwest Industrial Landscape

It was Thursday afternoon, January 9, 2009. I was just outside downtown Dayton, to deliver my entry for the Hermes Award Competition at a meeting of the Dayton Advertising Club. My entry was for the photography category and included tear sheets from an editorial feature...

Vertical Farm Building Towers in Our Cities

An innovative project where technology races against population growth and global warming changes." The world is going to need vertical farms because conventional agriculture can’t handle what’s to come,...

Expansion of Health Clinics Shapes Bush Legacy

This is a good policy from President Bush.Such health clinics are needed.  While there are still problems in this area, at least there has been improvement. " Although the number of uninsured and the cost of...

Gleaning feeding on Fugee Fridays

It is so wonderful to see these young social activists take their vision and translate it into action. There are over 80 volunteers helping gather the food and bringing it to the African Refugees. The have also...

Us Troops to Stay in Iraqi Cities After Summer

It is clear that the US pull out from Iraq will not happen in 2009 as presidentelect Obama once promised.  It is likely some troops will still be in Iraqduring the next election and this could be an election...

A Pakistani Architect's Profile

This is a profile of my husband, published in today's paper. Mukhtar Husain: An Inspiration Unto Others by Amra Ali " Mukhtar Husain’s strong bias towards modesty is reflected in his architectural projects in...

China’S Next 30 Years: Building the World’S Biggest Cities

More and more, bigger and bigger, but these coastal cities in China will have to be built on reclaimed land and the irony will be that very little water will remain between the mainland and Hong Kong! "By D’Arcy...

The 7th Shanghai Biennale 2008 Concluded Today

I saw the 7th Shanghai Biennale (2008) just two days before it concluded today after it had opened on September 9 this year. Some of the works by Chinese artists - at the conceptual level and sometimes the scale...

Shanghai infrastructure placed in the fast lane

I am in Shanghai these days. Seeing all the construction around, I am quite wary of the way the city is shaping up, demolishing old neighbourhoods and going highrise. This bit of news about the city's investment...

Metro eyes sky-rise farming

"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...

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