As cities around the world respond to today’s pressing global challenges, data holds the keys to the zero-carbon transition. Data is vital to smart decision-making. We all want to...
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How to Choose a Bike, According to Science – 10 Factors to Consider
When it’s time for an upgrade, choosing the perfect bike can get confusing for some of you. But that doesn’t mean you pick the first bike you find, especially when it’s your first...
Ecocity Focus Lab – Vancouver
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...
Eco-Cities and Transferable Development Credits
This article is originally published in Reflections (issue 18/December 2016), International Eco-Cities Initiative (www.westminster.ac.uk/ecocities) Over 320 cities around...
Ecocity Builders team facilitates community data collection workshops and demos in Medellín & Cusco
Last month the Ecocity Builders team traveled to our pilot city partners in Medellín/Colombia and Cusco/Peru to facilitate professional workshops as well as onsite demos to train...
The Car of the Future, Part 3: Get around. Not too fast. Mostly walk.
The previous segment of this series left off discussing how lifestyle choices, infrastructure, and a new economic thinking must work in tandem to change the overall trajectory...
The Car of the Future, Part 2: Reducing the fleet through personal, infrastructure & economic change
If indeed the continued proliferation of the personal automobile is not compatible with the future we want as I have suggested in Part 1 of this series, the question naturally...
The Car of the Future, Part 1: Why the world needs FEWER not better cars
With the upcoming 21st UN Climate Summit in Paris (COP21) this December promising to be a multi-lane highway towards a low carbon society, it begs the question how this lofty...
Exploring Ecocity Standards through Ecocity World Summit 2015
The world of Ecocity practitioners will once again converge this fall at the biannual Ecocity World Summit. The Ecocity World Summit 2015 will be held October 11...
International Ecocity Framework & Standards: A Holistic Approach to Measuring Urban Health
Have you ever stood in the supermarket aisle, looking at rows of detergent or snacks, trying to decide which one’s packaging and ingredients would do the least environmental...