UN: e-waste growing risk to environment and human health
A new assessment on global electronic waste (e-waste), policies and statistics, The Global E-Waste Monitor 2017, is being released today by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)…
Sustainability
2 examples of China’s green ambitions: forest city and solar aqua-culture
While the USA is stepping off the Paris Climate agreement, China is leading the way in ‘green living’ by creating a forest city with…
Multiple Smog Free Towers to be developed across parks in China
Smog Free Project has landed at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian as part of its Chinese tour. The Smog Free…
Turning polluted urban spaces into tropical forests
China’s ‘treescrapers’ tackle air pollution Bogota’s blossom garden: next-level purifiers Urban jungles – why do we need them? London’s Garden Bridge is like a…
Rotterdam will get Europes largest smart grid
The city of Rotterdam will connect 20,000 households and companies to a smart grid network. The city has signed a contract for this purpose…
City bus of the future: the e-bus without batteries
The cities of Graz, Austria (pop. 280.000) and Sofia, Bulgaria (pop. 1.37 m) are among the first non-Chinese cities to test in full operation…
Seoullo 7017: recycling a highway into city park
Two weeks ago the grand opening of Seoullo 7017 took place in the Korean capital Seoul. A 16 metre high overdue highway overpass was…
Spencer Marr (CUNY): ‘Our resilient energy systems reduce vulnerability to grid outages’
In our series of interviews with Smart City Experts we talked to Spencer Marr, Esq. Spencer is working at the intersection of public policy…
Join this Green Urban Economy survey and get the report
Hello, My name is Maria Makolska Tenold. I would like to invite all who represent Cities around the world to participate in the survey…
Amsterdam delivers parcels by e-cargo bicycle
In Amsterdam, mailcompany PostNL is replacing 100 Diesel delivery van rides with sustainable e-cargo bicycle delivery. This will reduce carbon emissions by approximately 60,000kg…