Urbanization8
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A Sustainability Indicator to Compare the Bike Friendliness of U.S. Cities
An index created by a student would measure how well cities are encouraging bicycling through infrastructure, safety, and clean air.
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Bright Lights, Big Cities: An Intern Takes on the World of Remote Sensing
Intern Dorothee Grant is using daytime and nighttime lights satellite data to help map urban areas at large spatial scales.
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New York: A City of Seasons
I love the seasonality and endless variety of my home city and I do not find its intensity incompatible with the goal of environmental sustainability.
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The Automobile and New York City
The private automobile should be seen as a valuable piece of a complex, varied system of transit. It should not simply be shunned but electrified, accommodated and regulated.
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Why You Should Shop at the Farmers Market
In honor of National Farmers Market Week, a staffer who used to work at the market tells us why farmers markets are valuable community resources.
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Jacqueline Klopp Helps Public Transit to Grow Sustainably
She’s finding new ways collect and share data in rapidly growing cities — and the results will help to build a healthier future for the entire planet.
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‘Offsetted’ Art Exhibit Explores Humanity’s Relationship to Trees
A show on campus investigates how trees have been used as pawns in human schemes in and around New York City.
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Tools of the Trade: Data Sets are Tools, Too
This installment takes you into the world of population modeling at CIESIN, where data rules supreme.
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‘Hudson Rising’ Exhibit Features Living Breakwaters Project
Exploring the complex history of the river’s pollution and conservation, a show at the New-York Historical Society highlights the holistic solution proposed by Earth Institute faculty member Kate Orff.
