Sentences with phrase «with urban sustainability»

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Nor was anything like half the world's human population crowded into urban areas, with fewer chances for self - sustainability than people on the land have when times turn desperate.

She is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, and apprenticed under the worker - ownership of Three Stone Hearth in Berkeley, California, the first community supported kitchen (CSK) of its kind and has experience managing farmer's markets, working with a variety of artisan food producers, in restaurants, business management and organizations promoting urban food sustainability, local food economies and seasonality.

«Some of the city's worst air quality, if not the worst, is in midtown Manhattan,» said Nilda Mesa, the former director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability who now heads the Columbia University Earth Institute's Urban Sustainability and Equity Planning program, in a recent interview with amNewYork.

In an effort to meet the needs of the Broome County Department of Social Services (BCDSS) Welfare to Work (WTW) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Broome County Urban League (BCUL) along with several community based organizations have come together and will offer their expertise and resources with work experience activities (WEP) leading to employment and self - sustainability.

The event includes a panel with Jonathan Bowles, Executive Director of Center for an Urban Future; Nilda Mesa, Director at NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability; Kathryn Garcia, Commissioner, NYC Department of Sanitation.

With urban populations exploding in megacities like Tokyo, Shanghai, and Delhi to well over 20 million people — it is important to understand how green spaces contribute to urban sustainability.

Examining the interplay between urban development and water development in Arizona, Kupel argues that the culture that settlers brought with them from the humid Midwest and East proved more important than aridity, environmental sustainability, and differences in ecological settings.

Ashwani Vasishth (USA) is an Associate Professor in Environmental Planning, and directs the Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies at Ramapo College and is also engaged with urban ecology projects from within a social - ecological - systems perspective, at http://sustainablejc.org.

Dignified, adequate infrastructure and services should be prioritized for rural areas and poor parts of urban areas; the parasitic exploitation of villages by cities should be eliminated through measures for maximum urban self - sufficiency and sustainability; public transportation, walking and bicycling needs to be prioritized over private motorized transportation; adequate shelter / housing with land rights should be a high priority for urban slums.

She is a graduate of Columbia University's Masters Program in Urban Planning with a focus on urban green sustainabiUrban Planning with a focus on urban green sustainabiurban green sustainability.

Constructed in partnership with architects Jérémie Dalin and Sylvia Bourgoin as well as with environmental guidance by urban sustainability non-profit organization NY Sun Works, a greenhouse installation that houses works by participating artists, writers and filmmakers welcomes the visitors to the exhibition.

-- Opera Campana dei Caduti — Rovereto - Italy Fishwick Papers — The Smokehouse Gallery — London MAGNET OPEN ART PROJECT — Concord, New Hampshire — USA RARITIES — Hastings / Brighton 13 ELP Annual Exhibition — Triangle Gallery — London Show Me The Monet — Royal College of Art — produced by BBC Dreams — The Freud Museum — London LightBite 2011 — Nottingham — UK Type / Script — Chapel Gallery — Ormskirk 2010 Artisti Mitteleuropei 2010 — Casa della Cultura — Calitri (AV)-- Italy Wishing — ArteOra Spazio Arte Contemporanea — Foggia — Italy The Public Are Not Invited — The Nottingham Workshop - UK ELP Box Set 2010 Launch — 242 Gallery — London 6 × 4 Postcard Exhibition — Yorkshire ArtSpace — Sheffield Link — ArteOra Gallery — group show curated by Maria Vinella — Foggia — Italy Penang International Printmaking Exhibition — Penang State Museum — Malaysia Freud Experience — solo exhibition — Freud Café Gallery — London A Suite of Lighted Rooms — Pushkin House Centre for Russian Culture - London Acqua Bene Comune — Foggia — Italy Twelve — Space Gallery — London Print for Peace 2010 — Arte AC Tecnologico Institute — Monterrey — Mexico Prize Winner — «Copertine al Tratto» 2010 — Subway Edizioni — Milan — Italy C'era una volta Pasolini — group show — Galleria Terre Rare — Bologna — Italy F.A.C.T.S. — Center for the Study in Political Graphics — Los Angeles — USA London Fashion Week — MariaFrancesca Pepe collection — Somerset House — London 2009 The Grand Plasto - Baader - Books — Kaleid Gallery — London Alexandria MiniPrint Biennal — Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center — Egypt Segni 20 × 20 — Micro Macro Gallery — Turin One Night Only — group show — Shoreditch Town Hall — London Quijiang International Print Festival 2009 — Quijian — China Eco Art Project ’09 — Rome IMPACT Centerpiece 09 — SpikePrint Studio — Bristol Pasquale Siniscalco Gallery — Milan Estetica 09 — Church of S.S. Annunziata — Calitri (AV)-- Italy Premio Spazi Evasi ’09 — Francavilla al Mare (CH) Unplug — Solo show — EstremaDura Café Gallery — Verbania — Italy Eleven — ELP Group show — Banside Gallery — London Ex Libris — Group show — Meliusz Center — Debrecen — Hungary 2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial — Guanlan Museum — Shenzen — China Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Arts — Museum of Humour and Satire — Gabrovo — Bulgaria Sorry If I'm Not in Line — Factory - Art Contemporanea — Trieste Ex Libris Mini Print Biennal — Sint Niklaas Dienst Museum — Belgium CDO's and Double Clubs — August Art Space — London Adreanlina 09 — Former Jewish Fish Market — Rome Wonderland — Brothers Grimm Museum — Kessel — Germany Vigna degli Artisti 09 2008 Light One Night — Group Show — ArteOra Gallery — Foggia — Italy Temptation — Group show — Cupola Gallery — Sheffield Urban Jungle — Group show — London City Hall Orange Calls Italy - Shortlisted for the final group show — PolarExpo Space — Bergamo ArteIngenua Second Act — ArteIngenua prize 08 — Guido Iemmi Art Studio — Milan — Italy Concorso Fumetto Giovani 2008 Jury Prize — illustration — Museum of Modern Art — Foggia — Italy Second Impressions — Romford Art Institute — Essex E17 Art Trail — Kelmscott School — walthamstow — London Sustainability — Latajaka Gallery — Warsaw — Poland Wonderland — Deutsches Maerchen und Wesersagen Museum — Bad Oeynhausen — Germany Lessedra International Mini Print — Lessedra Contemporary Art Gallery — Sofia — Bulgaria Evento MUSAE 08 — Museo Urbano Sperimentale Arte Emegente — Tourism Palace — Jesolo (VE) Decarbonart — Greater London City Hall — London — curated by Katja Rosenberg Art Fusion — Live painting performance — The Hub — Aldgate East — London I Am Ten — Bankside Gallery — London 2007 Tetovo IV International Biennial — Museum of Tetovo Area — Republic of Macedonia Dontpanic Design Exhibition — 93 Feet East — London Less Common Event — The Arts Gallery — Bond Street — London Shortlisted for San Fedele Visual Arts Prize — San Fedele Gallery — Milan — Italy Media Poster exhibition — DontPanicMedia — Cargo — Shoreditch — London Museo Urbano Sperimentale Artisti Emergenti — Motta Monte Corvino — Italy PROPAGANDA III WORLD TOUR 2007 — START SOMA gallery and CSPG Center for the Study of Political Graphics Los Angeles — Phoenix Hotel — San Francisco World Annual Print Show — Lessedra Contemporary Art Gallery — Sofia - Bulgaria Triangle Artists Open Studios — Arts Unwrapped 2007 — Hackney — London Innovative — Don't Panic Media, Playstation Season — Manchester International Festival 2007 PRE: CURSORI 2007 — Aragona Castle Museum Gallery of Taranto — Italian Ministry of Culture Illustration group show — Literature Department Gallery — Florence University Draw Drawing 2 — Foundry Gallery — Shoreditch — London — London Biennale 2006 2006 Italian Factory 2006 — Finalist in the competition — Casa del Pane Gallery — Milan XHIBIT ’06 — The Arts Gallery — Holborn — London Alhambra Café Gallery — Aldgate East — London Secuestro Express — ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts — London Cinderella» s shoe — Ascoli Piceno — Italy 2005 In the city: Eye for Art — Curator Space Gallery — London From here to here — London Design Festival — London Those Who Wonder — London College of Communication — London Ofcom Office of Communications — Riverside House Southwark — London 2004 The Sound of Print — Symposium — Victoria and Albert Museum — London Ad Fab — Solo painting exhibition — Red Gate Gallery — London Berlin Design Mai — In collaboration with Shift Magazine — Germany Conversation — London College of Communications — London 2003 Ichiza Project — in collaboration with Crossroad Works

An important framework for doing so is the CITYFOOD network: Linking Cities on Urban Agriculture and Urban Food Systems that has been set up in joint collaboration with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability.

Bike Share Leaders Motivate and 8D Technologies Announce Merger to Wed Best - in - class Technology with Operations Merger Sets Path for Ten-Fold Expansion of Bay Area's Ford GoBike, Accelerated Innovation in Bike Share Facilitated by a Substantial Investment by Generation Investment Management Investment recognizes bike share's potential to protect climate, enhance urban sustainability NEW YORK — Motivate -LSB-...]

By working closely with agency staff and community stakeholders, we created a number of innovative green building programs, sustainability plans, green urban design proposals and climate action strategies.

The author highlights that we may be experiencing a defining moment ``... with notions of modern design, advances in green materials, and the technical imperatives of sustainability all converging toward a great leap in urban architecture».

Past Speakers Oct 2 - Columbia Professor Todd Gitlin on Fossil Fuel Divestment Oct 3 - Massimo LoBuglio, Environmentalist and Social Entrepreneur Oct 4 - Dr. Radley Horton, Columbia University and co-author of the Obama Administration's Climate Assessment Report Oct 5 - Dr. Jennifer Francis, Rutgers, author of the cutting - edge theory of Arctic Ice Melt and Extreme Weather Oct 9 - Opening Night with climate prophet Dr. James Hansen, NASA scientist, who told Congress in 1988 that global warming had begun Oct 10 — Prof. Andrew Revkin, Pace, plays Climate Music post-show Oct 11 - David Levine - Co-founder and CEO of American Sustainable Business Council Oct 12 - Jaimie Cloud & Griffin Cloud Levine - Teaching Children and Youths Sustainability Oct 16 - Prof. Gerald Markowitz, John Jay College, on industry's relationship to science Oct 17 - Marielle Anzelone, Urban ecologist Oct 18 - Dr. Jannette Barth, Why Not To Frack Oct 19 - Ken Levenson, The Passive House Oct 23 - Prof. Ana Baptista, New School for Social Research, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Oct 24 - Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center, on the need to tax carbon Oct 25 - Prof. Dale Jamieson, NYU, Reason in A Dark Time Oct 26 - Eve Silber and Closing Reception in honor of Father Paul Mayer

Steering Committee, ICLEI, and consultants at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Bellevue Washington, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities - LEAP) Program, are working to advance the state of the urban sustainability practicSustainability and the City of Bellevue Washington, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities - LEAP) Program, are working to advance the state of the urban sustainability practicsustainability practice by -LSB-...]

Ecodistricts are urban neighborhoods designed and operated with sustainability in mind.

Together with Urban Green Council and other sustainability leaders, New York Passive House is co-hosting a discussion on Sustainable, Healthy, and Resilient Construction on Sunday, November 17th from 10:00 - 11:30 AM.

In advance of the Chicago Forum on Global Cities Motivate's CEO Jay Walder sat down with Jerome McDonnell from Worldview, on Chicago's NPR affiliate to talk bike share, urban sustainability and wellness.

So says a new report on urban policies for dealing with the risks of climate change, published this month in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.

On this week's eco@africa, we meet Nigerians striving for sustainability, German farmers using ancient techniques, and Ugandan school children getting green - fingered with urban farming projects at school.

-- Down on the Urban Farm is a fantastic blog site run by Greg Peterson, «a green living and sustainability innovator» with years of experience promoting urban farms and garUrban Farm is a fantastic blog site run by Greg Peterson, «a green living and sustainability innovator» with years of experience promoting urban farms and garurban farms and gardens.

In 2010, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) teamed up with Global Footprint Network to explore the Ecological Footprint of San Francisco, a city that prides itself on leading the US in forward - thinking sustainability policies.

Since 2006, he has been associated with the San Francisco Urban Alliance for Sustainability.

Much larger than the C40 but with less press appeal than Bloomberg, the association ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability (composed of 1220 local governments) also participated from the conference actively and UN Habitat launched a global campaign called I'm a city changer, aimed at «sensitizing and creating awareness among citizens on urban issues to achieve better cities.»

To that end, they have a project with neighboring Cooper Union «to generate new and innovative solutions to the complexities of urban sustainability.»

With a poetical tone, Lerner takes on the meaning of sustainability, his obsession with educating children on ecological issues, and what he calls «urban accupunture&raqWith a poetical tone, Lerner takes on the meaning of sustainability, his obsession with educating children on ecological issues, and what he calls «urban accupunture&raqwith educating children on ecological issues, and what he calls «urban accupunture».

The College at Brockport will work with NYPA to incorporate GPRO, a comprehensive national training and certificate program developed by Urban Green Council that teaches the people who build, renovate, and maintain buildings the principles of sustainability combined with trade - specific green construction knowledge.

They also collaborate with environmental scientists, urban and regional planners, hazardous - waste technicians, and other engineers, as well as with specialists such as experts in law and business, to address environmental problems and environmental sustainability.

With a background in property management, green building and renovation construction, Colin has turned an interest in urban renewal, environmental sustainability and architecture into an career assisting clients in buying and selling properties across the Northern Front Range.