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#1212802019-06-12
How can city dwellers help with climate change? Buy less stuff.
The things we buy, eat, and use have a big impact on the climate—so it’s time to learn to consume a whole lot less.
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#1211822019-05-23
St-Laurent to establish Quebec's first urban biodiversity corridor
The borough of St-Laurent is setting up the first urban biodiversity corridor in Quebec to combat hot spots.
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#1210712019-05-15
How cities could help animals fleeing climate change
(CNN)As the world gets warmer, many species are clinging to survival by fleeing their natural habitats in search of new homes.
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#1209292019-05-03
Why nightingales love scruffy Berlin
Berlin attracts more nightingales than almost any other European city. Although it's not an urban species, the little bird with the big voice seems to thrive in Germany's hectic capital.
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#1207772019-04-15
Urban “wastelands” are a paradise for bees
A growing appreciation of how bees can thrive in urban environments has led many city dwellers to protect their habitat. Pollinator gardens are a regular feature of neighborhoods and schools; parks and nature sanctuaries are managed with bees in mind. Yet one potentially bee-rich environ still r ...
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#1207502019-04-12
Why the UAE's mangroves are so important — and how to save them
Mangroves are estimated to cover more than 150 square kilometres of the UAE's coastline, acting as a "green lung" for big cities such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai, while also providing habit for wildlife and recreation grounds for humans. Most of us would see mangroves as a beautiful element of our la ...
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#1206732019-04-08
A million trees planted - what next?
Trees for Cities recently planted our millionth tree. This of course is a huge achievement - but it also strikes a chord, and reminds us that there is much more to do.
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#1206322019-04-04
The city of the future is regenerative, circular and place-focused
Smart cities, liveable cities, green cities, biophilic cities, eco-cities and regenerative cities. Add to this, eco-villages, intentional communities, transition towns and place-making and it seems everyone is talking about the cities of the future. Yet in all this conversation there is little o ...
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#1205242019-03-27
How light from street lamps and trees influence the activity of urban bats
Artificial light is rightly considered a major social, cultural and economic achievement. Yet, artificial light at night is also said to pose a threat to biodiversity, especially affecting nocturnal species in metropolitan areas.
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#1205252019-03-27
Rewilding cities will improve public health
Growing more native plants in cities will increase microbial diversity and combat the rise of non-communicable diseases such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease, South Australian researchers say.
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#1203382019-03-13
An urban wetland springs to life among Bogota’s high rises
An open plaza in Bogota’s northeastern business district has been radically transformed from a place of pure pavement to a vibrant urban wetland. Colombian architecture firm Obraestudio completed the project in 2016 in the Santa Barbara business center to revitalize the outdoor common space shar ...
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#1202672019-03-07
"We need agriculture back in our cities and in our minds"
Our cities need to become part of our agricultural system. In recent decades it has become increasingly clear that the way we live and eat is a big threat to our health and the health of our ecosystem. Climate change is forcing us to rethink our way of life and to reconnect agriculture back into ...
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#1202702019-03-07
One million urban trees
Now that the one millionth tree has been planted by Greening the West in Melbourne’s western suburbs, there are one million more ways for urbanites to connect with nature.
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#1201662019-03-01
Living Product Challenge: Design for the Future
Sustainable design in the construction industry has become mainstream, and the use of green materials not only lowers the environmental impact over their entire lifetime, but also provides a normal level of comfort, durability and functionality for occupants. In business situations, this allows ...
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#1201672019-03-01
10 of our favourite green buildings in the world
Against the stark concrete skyline of Sydney, Australia, one building’s cascading green gardens unfurl like a vertical oasis. Completed in late 2013, One Central Park (pictured, above) won a suite of high-profile awards in 2014 (including Best Tall Building in the World) thanks to its clever fea ...
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#1201232019-02-26
Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need
Australia is one of the world's most highly urbanised nations – 90% of Australians live in cities and towns, with development concentrated along the coast. This poses a major threat to native wildlife such as the koala, which can easily fall victim to urban development as our cities grow. Huge i ...
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#1199942019-02-18
The battle against bugs: it's time to end chemical warfare
Insects are important wildlife often overlooked in urban habitats. What we do notice are the cockroaches, ants and mosquitoes in and around our homes. All too often we reach for the insect spray.
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#1199312019-02-14
WWF launches global green city awards
he World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched its “One Planet City Challenge 2019” on Tuesday.This year the One Planet City Challenge has a new assessment framework based on data from the IPCC, the UN climate panel.
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#1197652019-02-05
Cities should consider nature-based solutions to climate change
It's 2050 You walk out of the house. The day is shiny but not too hot. You know that the mirrors in orbit around the planet that reflect back sunlight keep the climate just perfect. On the way to work, from the window of your self-driving floating solar module, you gaze over a plant installed a ...
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#1197392019-02-04
Hong Kong's wild boar dilemma in the Chinese New Year of the Pig
One of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong, is facing a proliferation of wild boars as the large mammals stray increasingly into built-up areas.
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#1197592019-02-04
The case of the missing hibiscus
As exotic plants and trees multiply, vital indigenous species are being pushed out of city spaces.The kanaka champa (bayur) tree at the corner of the busy IT corridor in Chennai gave way to flowing traffic some years ago.
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#1194622019-01-17
Save bees and butterflies to save urban life
Pollinators such as bees, hoverflies and butterflies, are responsible for the reproduction of many flowering plants and help to produce more than three quarters of the world’s crop species. Globally, the value of the services provided by pollinators is estimated at between $235 billion and $577 ...
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#1192322019-01-03
Hanoi owns largest green spaces of all Vietnamese cities
Since 2016, Hanoi has developed a program to plant one million trees and so far the program has proven to be really effective, contributing to changing the landscape of the capital, creating trust for its residents about a green city in the future, Thuan said.
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#1191962018-12-27
Green-feathered immigrant surge prompts Greek parakeet count
The raucous squawking comes first. Then they are seen, banking and diving before they crash-land on trees. If Greeks had been told, not long ago, that their skies would become the preserve of ring-necked parakeets, the response would have been one of incredulity.
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#1192072018-12-27
Cities in 2018: Simple ideas, fancy urban tech
The SDGs and the New Urban Agenda remain a challenge for cities. Goal 11 of the SDGs, to build sustainable cities, has proved to be a particularly tough one for urban areas across continents.
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#1191562018-12-21
Cities are shrinking wildlife globally but we can fix this
Cities are homes for billions of people. By 2050 around 70% of the global population is predicted to live in urban areas. Yet as our cities grow, most species have an increasingly hard time surviving on this planet. A new report titled Nature in the Urban Century highlights the scale of the cha ...
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#1191782018-12-21
More young and other traits help mammals adapt to urban environments
Species of mammals that live in urban environments produce more young compared to other mammals. But along with this advantage, mammals have other strategies to successfully inhabit cities. This is what Radboud University ecologist Luca Santini and colleagues found in a study that they will publ ...
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#1190232018-12-13
The Allure of Vertical Forests
The Vertical Forest buildings of the architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri make the most of the often overlooked and profound contributions of a single tree.
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#1189662018-12-11
Montreal to deploy scare teams to shoo away urban coyotes
The team will also train people how to react when they see a coyote, screaming and waving so the animals don’t get comfortable in the company of humans.
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#1189832018-12-11
Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here’s how
“What happens if the water temperature rises by a few degrees?” is the 2018 International Year of the Reef leading question.
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#1186462018-10-24
Here’s how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
Urban nature has a critical role to play in the future liveability of cities. An emerging body of research reveals that bringing nature back into our cities can deliver a truly impressive array of benefits, ranging from health and well-being to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Aside fro ...
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#1186102018-10-22
Stefano Boeri Fights Climate Change With Vertical Forest, Liuzhou Forest City In China
Italian architect Stefano Boeri aims to combat climate change by building forests in the city. From the first Vertical Forest in Asia in Nanjing, China, to another Forest City in Liuzhou, the designer is planning to turn the country from the world's biggest polluter to an eco-friendly place.
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#1186072018-10-19
What does a sustainable city mean to Singapore’s youth?
Preserving local heritage and being in touch with nature is essential to living in a sustainable city, said students at a recent youth event in Singapore.