Friday Roundup: Feb 26
WELCOME TO FRIDAY ROUNDUP on Green News Update. In our inaugural news roundup, we’re offering a batch of “ups and downs” – sea level rising, Detroit’s Shinola winning hearts and minds, bicycle […]
Tag Archives: art & design
Friday Roundup Debuts Feb 26
Friday Roundup is new – and it’s for you! Every week Green News Update will review up to a half dozen stories – news, announcements, studies – on the environment, […]
Our coming lineup: art, science, nature
Our planet is a complex place — ancient places and traditions imperiled by war, land grabs, urbanization, changing values, changing climate. Our upcoming articles this winter and spring demonstrate how much […]
Portal to Sizzling Cities
CITIES around the world are sizzling – with urban design, the arts, green practices and smart technologies. Green News Update serves as a portal to cities worldwide that are booming […]
Cities: US Canada Europe 2016
This month we’re following the water in a half-dozen cities where waterfront redevelopment and new public space amenities are underway to revitalize post-industrial areas, piers and abandoned sites. Come along […]
Gift Books 2015 Our Pick of the Best
Great writers, good storytelling, fascinating subjects — these are the basis for the Best of the Best authors and books for Holidays 2015. Their métier is nonfiction, whether deep science, history or memoir, […]
Gift Books Coming: More to Read Now!
Books to give — and get –for Holidays 2015. Soon we’ll be posting dozens of current and classic works on photography, design, cities, natural history, science and more. If you’re craving […]
Paris a Year Ago
Just a year ago — Paris was sunny, crisp, fall-like, a city of great buildings and monuments and many small pleasures. My city, your city. Paris belongs to the world. […]
Students Build Solar Houses: Stevens Wins!
Students at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken NJ are crowing about their October 18 win at the 2015 US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon – they won first place […]
Cuba’s Waiting for You! Part I
There’s no single way to look at contemporary Cuban life, culture and the arts without understanding the contradictions, overlaps and influences that have existed for centuries– the powerful pull of […]
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