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Discussions with tag 'Cities'
21 Mayors Pledge US $5.2 Billion - 10 percent of budgets - to Resilience Strategies, at COP21
From CitiesToday, December 2, 2015: 21 mayors have pledged US$5.2 billion to fund resilience strategies by signing up to the 10% Resilience Pledge at the COP21 conference in Paris this week. May…
Cities Leading the Push For Zero-Energy Buildings
In the wake of the Paris Climate Agreement, much of the world’s attention has been turned to what is being done on national and international levels to combat the ever-growing threats of climate cha…
10 Cities That Are Sustainable Food Vanguards
With the world population expected to rise from 7.4 billion to a whopping 11.2 billion by 2011, a serious and significant question has been percolating through the international community: how are we …
2017 Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo (MGBCE): Connected Cities - Economic, Environmental & Equity Solutions, April 20
16th Annual MGBCE: Connected Cities - Economic, Environmental & Equity Solutions (MGBCE) - #MGBCE2017 April 20, 8 am - 4:30 pm 7:00 a.m. check-in and continental Breakfast Event begins promptly …
Boston's "Love Your Block" Neighborhood Improvement Program - Grant Applications are Due January 22nd!
Are you and your neighbors looking for funds to complete a much needed community project? Apply for a Love Your Block grant! Love Your Block is a program that supports grassroots citizen engagement…
SPEER Clean Energy Exchange, April 8-9, Austin, Texas
CEE19 is the premier energy efficiency event for Texas & Oklahoma. We will be hosting Katharine Hayhoe and Jeff Butler as this year's keynotes. In addition to excellent keynote presentations, our form
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FREE Webinar - Singapore: Dense and Green Cities: Architecture As Urban Ecosystem, May 5, 6-8 pm (Singapore Standard Time)
Welcome to the Dense+Green Cities online presentation and panel discussion, hosted by the National Design Centre, that will explore the interaction between buildings and the city as ecological systems
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ULI Boston Webinar: The Future of Urban Areas, July 15, 10-11am EDT
Cities and urban areas have been hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis. Prior to this, they were the economic engines of the country. Are cities down and out for the count?
Join on July 15th
Cities Alive Virtual, October 20 - 23
In response to the COVID 19 Pandemic, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the Green Infrastructure Foundation have teamed up tocombine the best of CitiesAlive and Grey to Green.
CitiesAl
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Sustainable Cities Webinar with Joey Aoun, Environmental Designer, January 26, 8:30 am EST
Joey has an interdisciplinary academic background, holding a master’s degree in Architecture (2014), a postgraduate diploma in Green Building Technology (2016) and an MSc in Urban Energy (Newcas
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Free Webinar: Reconfiguring Future Urban Infrastructures Webinar Series, February 25, 9-10:30 pm GMT
This webinar series brings together speakers from the three universities to discuss the future role of infrastructure in cities.
The COVID-19 crisis has put urban infrastructure under the spotlight
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The Earth Convention Webinars - Sustainable Cities, April 14, 1 pm EST / 6 pm BST
Today, we live in an increasingly urbanised world. According to the UN around 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase, rising to 68% by 2050
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Webinar: Regenerative Design: Breathable Architecture & Resilient Cities, April 7, 2 pm EDT
We have always looked to nature for design inspiration. Now we’re also designing with and for nature. Building on decades of expertise in sustainable design, our design focus is expanding to enc
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May 26: Protecting Open Spaces Through Well Planned Cities, May 26, 6 pm PST
This webinar will discuss how Bend, Oregon's open space advocates lead the successful move away from sprawl to a more dense, walkable, and vibrant cityscape.
Bend had spent the last few decades
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Online Workshop: EcoDistricts -- A New Model of Urban Re-Generation, July 19, 1 pm EST
This workshop will provide a framework to transform existing neighborhoods through the lens of Equity, Resilience and Climate Change and a process to create a roadmap and structure for communities to
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Free Event - Live Stream and in Weston, MA: City and Suburbs: Addressing Climate Change and Equity Together, June 6, 7:30 pm ET
Join MetroWest Climate Solutions and special guest the Rev. Mariama White-Hammond for a discussion on the intersection of climate change and questions of equity. As a lifelong resident, pastor, and ac
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