With the launch of our new site, we also have a new feature on the right side of our homepage. Under “Events” is a list of the “Green Events Calendar” which can also be opened in its own page. Below are a handful of exciting conferences, seminars, and workshops in the month of June. There [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Carless Cities’
Poll: How Do You Get To Work?
October 6th, 2009 
Eric Wilson Here at 2nd Green Revolution, we think about transportation, smart growth, and walkable/carless cities. After watching No Impact Man last week, we decided to resurrect a poll that had been on the shelf for a while. Take a moment to tell us how you commute to work. If you use a combination of these forms, [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Polls, Sustainable Development, Transportation 
Tags: Bus, Carless Cities, Smart Growth, Trains 
No Comments »American Cities Hope to Entice Pedestrians with Carless Districts
June 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Following the recent trend of cities such as Vauban, outside of Freiburg, Germany, New York City has been decreasing automobile traffic in midtown Manhattan. With the goal of making Times Square (and surrounding areas such as Herald Square) more pedestrian friendly, vehicular traffic has been permanently suspended on Broadway, which cuts across Times Square. On [...]
Masdar Initiative Update: Abu Dhabi’s Bold Bid for a Zero-Emissions City
March 17th, 2009 Justin Manger Located in the Middle East and next to Saudi Arabia, oil wealth has given the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the money to plan one of the most audacious clean technology projects in the world. Already thinking ahead, the UAE knows that oil revenue will dry up when the wells do and is planning for that [...]
The Masdar Initiative: Abu Dhabi’s Zero-Waste City?
January 28th, 2009 admin One of the seven states that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) along the Persian Gulf, Abu Dhabi has grown prosperous through oil and gas production. While not as well known as Dubai, UAE’s headline-grabbing desert boomtown building palm shaped islands visible from space, Abu Dhabi has shown that it can think big. In [...]
