Category: Environment
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Farming Brought to New Heights
Forward-thinking entrepreneurs, neighbours, and farmers have discovered a new use for rooftops: farming.
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Mayors Call for More Stimulus Funds for Green Recovery
Investing COVID stimulus funds in green solutions would create 50 million jobs, prevent 270,000 premature deaths, and deliver $280bn in economic benefits globally
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Air Pollution is the 4th Leading Health Risk Factor
A new report shows air pollution has contributed to 6.7 million deaths in 2019.
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Catalan Foundation Rezero Works Towards a Zero Waste Europe
Working closely with municipalities, regional and national governments, and at European level, Rezero promotes policies and good practices to reduce waste.
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Recycling is Not Good Enough, Zero Waste Should be the Goal
Recycling is crucial for sustainable economy, but not enough. We should aim to cut waste altogether.
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Parking Reforms Could Be the Easiest Pollution and Economic Fix
Parking reforms may be the cheapest, fastest, and most straightforward way to increase economic efficiency, protect the environment, and promote social justice, argue the world’s top expert in city parking.
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Danish cities engage climate action planning in line with the Paris Agreement
Municipalities now have access to tools to help them create new policies to reduce carbon emissions.
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Remote Workers in California Face Smoke and Heat as Wildfires Spread Across the State
In California, Wildfire season has forced remote workers to adjust to new challenges in their work from home situations—including power outages, heat waves, and poor air quality.
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Online panel: 3 ways to face the Covid-19 crisis
This week, we had the opportunity to talk to three experts, from three different cities, about how they are handling different challenges to help cities and communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. From Israel, we had Dr. Hila Oren, CEO of the Tel Aviv Foundation. She told us the different programs of the foundation and Tel […]
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This crisis will reshape the way we understand city living
Tel Aviv Foundation’s CEO says city leaders need to listen and be patient to learn from the current crisis. Also, the large events and crowds won’t be back for some time, but that could be a good thing