“A New Breed Of Bloggers” - A Post I Had Missed … … …

"“A New Breed Of Bloggers” - A Post I Had Missed … … … Nov 2nd, 2007 by tbnandasiriwanninayaka I don’t know how I missed this important post which had appeared in Kottu few weeks ago on young bloggers from the villages. Thanks Niro for sending me the link. Read...

Farmers losing fight against urban sprawl

Even with  British Columbia's own Agricultural Land Reserve legislation in place to protect our shrinking farmlands from development of sorts, we cannot place our full trust in that.  BC Transportation...

Proposal Presented for Greenpoint Park

"A team of volunteer urban planners and landscape architects debuted their proposal for the new state park on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg that utilizes the former industrial space as an ecologically sustainable riverside park. The proposal, which was shown to the public last...

Zumthor’s Cologne modern art museum is beyond time

"Peter Zumthor’s remarkable museum of modern art in Cologne meshes ancient and modern to create a timeless and evocative building. ‘The largest heap of rubble in the world,” is how the German architect...

" AWSOME SHOW "

VANCOUVER,B.C - SEPTEMBER 16 , 2007  Keith urban is in the final stages of his love, pain & the whole crazy world tour despite the problems his has been having he really put on a awesome show.  

Iran builds new centre for Jews

A strange twist in the PR war that is now intensifying in the Middle East between the US and Iran.  What does this signal?"Tehran - Iran started building a huge new cultural and sports complex for its Jewish...

The Redevelopment of a City is an Art

"Charles Landry, 58, is considered one of the world's leading urban researchers and is the author of "The Creative City." He talks to SPIEGEL about how cities can harness their inhabitants' skills so they show up on the international radar and the German tendency to make...

City Farmer:The Demonstration Garden

" Map showing the location of our garden at 2150 Maple Street. Staff take care of our 2500 square foot "demo" garden tucked away behind an environmental education centre owned by the City of Vancouver. Protected by a wooden fence surrounded by thick blackberry bushes, our...

Architects aren't ready for an urbanized planet

"EW DELHI: The world is racing to the city, and the one group of professionals capable of housing and sheltering the massive human influx to the urban centers - the architects and the planners - freely acknowledge that they are ill-equipped to cope. This summer, the number of...

Debunking Portland: The City That Doesn't Work

"When judged by the results rather than the intentions, the costs of Portland's planning far outweigh the benefits. Planners made housing unaffordable to force more people to live in multifamily housing or in homes on tiny lots."

Satnav makes car trips shorter and safer

"Cynics often dismiss in-car satellite navigation (satnav) systems as an expensive luxury bought by people with no sense of direction. But new research suggests that drivers using in-car satnav systems not only...

Private sector gear for water

The wondrous substance, water, will soon be unleashed as the biggest commodity of all time onto the world of commerce. If you thought oil was big, wait for this one!.""I think, ultimately, the next step is to...

US Border Fence Could Be Eco-Disaster

"US border fence could be eco-disaster Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:02 While the US Congress failed to pass a sweeping immigration reform bill that would have benefited thousands of illegal Irish ex-pats, the US is...

The Black Commentator - Homophobia has become a Black problem...

Thanks to European colonialism, people who were once accepted and in some cases revered are now pariahs within their own communities.  Thanks Uncle Sam.  - The...

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