Suburbs minus Cars

“When I had a car I was always tense. I’m much happier this way,” said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor.
Vauban, completed in 2006, is an example of a […]

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The Plight of the Maldives

“The plight of the Maldives poses an eschatological question as much as an environmental one. When will the world end? How can we prepare for it? In that respect, we are all Maldivians.

The islanders just happen to be among the first groups to contemplate these questions seriously. But that’s not to say each and […]

Filed under: eco-tourism, future, environmental planning on May 10th, 2009 | No Comments »