Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, t….

Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero..

The planet's biggest problems have to do with sustainability, environmental decline, global poverty, disease, conflict and so forth. Really, they're ….

Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities over the next dec….

We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is pos….

I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but it's more about an ongoin….

We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change thin….

By fundamentally changing how we design the places and systems that enable our daily lives, we can slash emissions way beyond the immediate carbon sa….

You don't change the world by hiding in the woods, wearing a hair shirt, or buying indulgences in the form of 'Save the Earth' bumper stickers. You d….

In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change..

Clean air and water, a diversity of animal and plant species, soil and mineral resources, and predictable weather are annuities that will pay dividen….

Urban retrofitting: creating different sorts of spaces and uses out of places that are already there..

It's not just enough to survive. We've got to make something better than what we've got..

To be young and aware is to know you’re being lied to; to know that a bright green future is possible; to know that we can reimagine the world, rebui….

Deep walkability describes a city that is built in such a way that you can move from one area to another on foot, on bicycle, on transit and have an ….

There's no law of physics that says we have to be an unsustainable society - in fact, quite the opposite. The planet's ready to work with us if we're….

Copenhagen has done a remarkable job creating streets that are focused on bicycles and pedestrians..

Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor..

Cabbies in particular seem to like discussing the fate the Earth..

I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in….

Our cities need to change, fast. Tactical Urbanism is a guided tour of solutions created when local people decide they can't wait for politics to cat….