The Time for Public Transit in American Towns Returns
The discussion surrounding public transportation in the United States has recently resurfaced. It comes in the aftermath of certain transportation agencies receiving necessary funds...
Urban Innovation in Medellín: A Timeline of Renewal and Resilience
Medellín, Colombia’s second most populated city, was once home to the notorious drug cartel led by Pablo Escobar and, as such, was one of...
The EU’s Just Transition Fund (JTF) – A Just Structural Change or Just Another...
In December 2019, the European Commission introduced the European Green Deal, a robust set of policy initiatives designed to make Europe climate-neutral. In January 2020,...
PHOTO ESSAY From Geçekondu to TOKI – The Rise of Turkey’s Skyscrapers
The district around Ankara castle in the Northern part of the city is currently undergoing massive changes. The traditional 2 storey-houses are being replaced...
The Next Pandemic: A Question of When, Not If
On February 9th, 2021, from a closely-guarded conference room in Wuhan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that it was ‘extremely unlikely’ that SARS-CoV-2...
The Revolution Will Be DM’ed to You
The phenomenon known as the “Facebook Revolution” has evolved markedly since the so-called Arab Spring lasting from 2010 to 2012, when anti-government protests across...
A Tale of Two Cities: Response, Resilience, and Recalibration
As COVID-19 transmission occurs through droplets in the air, overcrowded cities mounted a massive problem for governments around the world. Those who could, fled...
Unwrapping Our Plastic Future
Plastic enjoys a critical role in the global economy, rivalled by few other hard materials. Not least since the publication of the Austrian movie...
Phosphorus – A Silent Emergency
Phosphorus – A Silent Emergency
If I asked you to list the greatest challenges facing the world right now, you might first think of COVID-19,...
The power of zero: Rethinking the economic system
We want, we deserve, we need a zero waste society
In an ever-changing globalized world, environmental problems such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and...
