Architecture
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Is this a template for the Solar Punk City of the future?
Gelephu Mindfulness City in Bhutan aims to integrate Gross National Happiness principles with sustainable development, creating eco-friendly urban spaces rooted in cultural values. The project emphasizes mindfulness, environmental sustainability, economic diversity, and community-centered design, proposing an innovative model for future cities while ensuring genuine public consultation for success.
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Hedonistic Sustainability: Building a SolarPunk City
The real value of the SolarPunk movement has always been in making a sustainable future look desirable. No one is going to buy into the idea of a sustainable future if it looks like a worse version of the world we live in right now. So if we are to build sustainable cities, they really…
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Participatory Urbanism: A beginners guide
I recently did a speech to my local Rotary Club about a Participatory Urbanism project I am working on. To my surprise, the audience appeared equally interested in the whole Participatory Urbanism concept, as much as the project itself. So I thought it would be good to put together a quick explainer, which I can…
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Building a Sustainable home in the Australian Outback
In 2024 Anika Molesworth and her partner set out to build a family home in a remote part of New South Wales. They were looking to create, in Anika’s words, “something comfortable, a beautiful space that complemented the land, and a house that doesn’t cost the planet.” That was the mission. But after speaking with various builders,…
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C40 Cities (2024) Climate Action Guide for Urban Planners
Who is this guide for? Good urban planners are key climate champions. Urban planners work across silos, making them ideal drivers of cross-sectoral action. Accordingly, this guide is written for urban planning staff within local governments. The advice within this guide is applicable for staff both in cities that have a Climate Action Plan (CAP)…
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Future for All: A vision for 2048
Capitalist realism is dispelled. Today it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism by 2048 than to imagine the end of the world.
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Solar on your Balcony
Power to the people! Balkonkraftwerk, bringing Solar Power to balconies and rental properties in Germany.
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Shouldn’t every School have Safe Streets?
Why doesn’t every city in the world put children first and create Safe Schools Streets?
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Business and nature to reap rewards from circular urban spaces
Transforming how European towns and cities are built is key to unlocking massive economic, environmental and social benefits by 2035, according to a new report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
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Net Zero Cities
Highlighting some of the positive transformations that can happen in our cities as we move towards Net Zero.
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Can We Have More Urban Density and More Greenery? Absolutely!
The challenge of balancing urban density with greenery is one of the most pressing issues for modern cities. Can we really have both more people living in our cities and a richer, greener environment? According to a recent report from YIMBY Melbourne, the answer is a resounding YES!
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Should we follow Bologna’s model for Participatory Urbanism?
Is this the big idea all Urbanists should get behind?
Our Wonderful Green Future 