by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Compact urban form, by itself, can cut resource and energy use in half concludes a report prepared by the International Resource...
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Becoming a Biodiverse City: bridging the urban-rural divide
The International Ecocity Standards revolve around four pillars, and at the base is the pillar concerned with ecological imperatives for: i) healthy biodiversity, ii) Earth’s...
Reconciling the Climate Emergency to the Reality of Cities as Dissipative Structures
Last April, Earth Day celebrated its 50th anniversary. Since its inception, the world has experienced massive change with more than half the global population moving into cities...
Cultivating Climate Action
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The generation of food emits almost as much greenhouse gas (GHG) worldwide as the generation of electricity. Yet the food...
Gabrovo, Bulgaria – European Green Leaf 2021 Award Winner
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Cats in Gabrovo have no tails, according to an ancient joke, because the people there are so cheap they don’t want to lose a...
Connecting Ocean Plastics to Cities: Exploring Responsible Resources/Materials
The International Ecocity Standards identify Responsible Resources/Materials as a bio-geophysical condition, stating that non-food and non-energy renewable and non-renewable...
Importance of Nature-Based Solutions for Ecocity Urban Transformation
This is the first year of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration. The Decade officially launches on World Environment Day, June 5, 2021. It recognizes that ecosystems support all...
2021 Is Finland’s Ecocity Year
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Lahti, Finland, reigns as the 2021 European Green Capital and also hosts Ecocity Builders’ Ecocity Forum on November 1-2...
Ecocity Forum to Cap Lahti’s Year as European Green Capital 2021
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The European Commission has named Lahti, Finland, as the 2021 European Green Capital in a competition that included nine cities...
Ecocities Now: building the bridge to socially just and ecologically sustainable cities
We are pleased to announce the publication of Ecocities Now. The purpose of the book is to publish the ten best papers submitted for presentation at the International Ecocity...