They came to talk environment and exchange program ideas. Mr. Bloomberg used the appearance, part of a two-day trip to California, to announce a plan to make New York City a “national leader” in environmental planning. He announced that the city government had begun a comprehensive inventory of all its carbon emissions — from electricity [...]
Richard Branson, Famed British billionaire and Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson announced Thursday he would earmark an estimated $3 billion over the next 10 years toward fighting global warming. Making his announcement at a news conference at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Branson said all future proceeds from Virgin Group’s train and airline [...]
The Nurture Nature Foundation (NNF) is allocating $1,000,000 over the next year in a joint campaign with Earth Pledge and the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities to combat global warming. This commitment is in response to the call of the Clinton Global Initiative beginning on September 20 for commitments curbing global warming. “I am pleased [...]
Sixteen major cities from around the globe are represented at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, dedicated to city dwellers and their landscapes. Sunday saw the opening of the 2006 Architecture Biennale, and many are saying it’s more about sociology than urban planning. Entitled “Cities, Architecture and Society,” it looks at the [...]
PS122 Gallery and artwurl.org are pleased to present MAPQUEST, an exhibition that brings together work by artists, activists, writers and organizers, involved in experimentation with critical and dissident cartography. The exhibition examines various mapping strategies employed as response to specific social and political issues. Working not unlike investigative journalists, some participants conduct and map in-depth research [...]
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