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Green roofs, green walls, rooftop gardening, rooftop farming, plantascrapers; the solutions to create new urban green space are getting more and more inventive. Where could this development lead us?

Copenhagen continues to invest in its biking inhabitants and have now put forward a new bicycle strategy. The strategy builds on the former from 2002, and the title reveals the level of ambition of the strategy: “Good, Better, Best”.

In reading some interesting articles by Jean Brittingham, I got interested in the subject on how/why/if female individuals could be more fit to create a sustainable world than male.

A trend is on the rise where citizens are starting to demand better access to information in their communities. The new era of technology and information is creating the tools and, with the possibility of creating new green solutions as a motivation, cities and governments all over the world are starting to respond.

Aarhus, Denmark, is one of the most recent municipalities attempting to create progress through inclusive technology-sharing. The project is called Smart Aarhus, as a reference to the Smart City concept.

From being part of the industry expression the name ‘retrofitting‘ have developed into being a design phrase, and are used to describe sustainable re-designs projects from building and renovation projects to larger scale urban planning.