World Water Day 2015: Mar 22
World Water Day: Here’s one day when you can ease off of your water consumption, but skipping your shower is not the big thing –it’s meat consumption. The United Nations […]
Category Archives: Rising Waters
Now Not Tomorrow!
Climate change is real and a threat to poor and vulnerable communities, say The Elders – an independent group of world leaders including Kofi Annan, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Fernando Henrique […]
On the Road: Green News Update Is Traveling
Green News Update is traveling to some great locations to bring you stories and updates on urban design, museums, green practices, urban gardens, rising water, travel and the quality of […]
Earth Week Heroes 2014: Shigeru Ban Humanitarian Architect
Tokyo-born Shigeru Ban is a talented, globe-trotting architect, who designs dwellings of elegance and simplicity and notable public commissions (Pompidou Centre-Metz France). But that’s not why he was internationally recognized […]
Hurricane Sandy Recovery: New York’s Parks & Gardens
What did Hurricane Sandy do to New York’s iconic parks and gardens? Keep in mind that New Yorkers crave these places as public “living rooms” where they can run, skate, […]
Hurricane Sandy Recovery: Parks, Gardens, Museums
Just one year ago, Hurricane Sandy’s rampage through New Jersey and New York left behind a trail of damage in some of the city’s most treasured cultural and natural assets: Central […]
Hurricane Sandy’s Aftermath: Ellis Island & Museum Reopen
October 28: There’s good news at New York’s Ellis Island and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, which reopens today – one year after the island was completely submerged by the […]
RISING WATERS: Parts I-IV and bonus
This multi-part series on climate change and severe weather threats (especially flooding) was first posted just after Hurricane Sandy blew through the northeastern US in October 2012. In fact, many […]
Superstorm Sandy: Building Resilience
Just days away, the first anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is no cause for celebration. The storm surge, caused by tropical force winds, caused $37 billion in damage to New Jersey […]
Battling Floods: Dutch Know How
Dutch water management experts have tremendous knowledge – not to mention experience – that should be tapped to forestall or lessen the impact of super storms and hurricanes on the […]
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