The inaugural Ecocity Focus Lab was convened in Vancouver from November 8 to 10, 2016. This Ecocity Builders biennial event was co-hosted by the British Columbia Institute of...
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Updates on Ecocity Builders and our partners’ projects, events, and campaigns.
Christie Walk: Exploring Density by Design
The upcoming Ecocity World Summit will be held in Melbourne, Australia. Australia is home to some of the world’s leading ecocity thinkers and doers, including Paul Downtown...
Phase II of 2C/Urbinsight Partnership in Cusco Addresses Sanitation and Environmental Education
Following an engaging event with community leaders, city staff, academics, students, and citizen activists, Ecocity Builders has begun Phase II of its partnership with Cusco, Peru...
Ecocity Focus Lab Series
BCIT and Ecocity Builders staff, researchers, and interns recently completed a successful inaugural “ECOCITY FOCUS LAB” that took place in Vancouver from November 7...
Ecocity Builders and Lima partners join forces to assess essential city systems with a focus on the Rimac watershed
Ecocity Builders has received support for continued work with the Lima, Peru under the Organization of American States’ Sustainable Cities and Communities Plan of Action. We...
Ecocity Focus Lab Series Launches This Week in Vancouver
Our first Ecocity Focus Lab will be taking place November 7 to 10 in Vancouver, Canada at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Participants will review indicators capable...
Final Download: Meditations on Habitat III
Looking back at Quito. Photo Joon Nam. Habitat III came to an end yesterday night. Since then, airplanes have, in clockwork 10-minute intervals, made Quito a little less...
Daily Download 3.0: The Importance of Open Data and Institutional Cooperation
The Ecocity Builders team along with their partners from Cusco and Medellín articulated the definition and utility of Urban Metabolism for city practitioners at a side event...
Daily Download 2.0: The Importance of Citizen Participation and an Inclusive, Bottom-Up Approach to Data Collection
Mapping urban water flow in Egypt. Photo Dr. Sahar Attia Son V. Nghiem, a member of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech, shows the audience maps derived from satellite...
Daily Download 1.0: We’re up and Running at Habitat 3!
Ecocity Builders, Esri & GeoInformation for Sustainable Urban Management and Resilience (GeoSUMR) Teams at Habitat III It’s a crisp and clear morning in Quito, and Booth 59 in...