Comments on: 2020 Global Sustainability Centers

By: Daily Digest for February 4th

Daily Digest for February 4th — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:39:38 +0000

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By: Ed Gaviria

Ed Gaviria — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:38:31 +0000

I’m rather surprised by this list. My top three, and these are places I’ve visited and explored personally, are:
1. Vienna: incredible mix of the old and the new, arts and business, green space and new development.
2. Basel & Zurich, Switzerland: again, wonderful preservation of the historic sights while moving fast into the future; excellent public transport and wonderful green spaces; economically solvent.
3. All of Holland: wonderful use of the land for both agriculture and business. Excellent focus on renewable energy both wind and solar; progressive politics to allow for change; excellent mixed use paths for transportation.

Many cities in the US have elements of sustainability but few truly embody all that is possible. Portland, OR comes close in terms of actually having a public transportation system that works, sufficient focus on renewable energy (mostly wind), and the desire to incorporate policies to limit urban sprawl. Still, metro Portland is a vast space that can only be navigated via car and in which the majority of homes are for single families and which were built using very inefficient materials.

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By: Sustainable NYE City #8: Toronto, Canada | SocialEarth

Sustainable NYE City #8: Toronto, Canada | SocialEarth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:09:28 +0000

[...] one thing to say you’re sustainable, but it’s another to promote total transparency. That’s why Toronto makes my New [...]

By: Places in the News: September 18, 2008 « Project for Public Spaces

Places in the News: September 18, 2008 « Project for Public Spaces — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:37:57 +0000

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By: Sustainable NYE City #7: Helsinki, Finland | SocialEarth

Sustainable NYE City #7: Helsinki, Finland | SocialEarth — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:06:01 +0000

[...] Helsinki is just one of the many Scandinavian cities that are holding it down on the sustainability front. Scandinavians have long since been doing their own thing and it always seems to be the right thing, Finns included. Helsinki is a relatively small capital city, population 564,000, but its residents are purported to be some of the best educated in the world. They also have some of the cleanest drinking water reported. Maybe there’s a correlation…? [...]

By: Sustainable NYE City #4: Melbourne, Australia | SocialEarth

Sustainable NYE City #4: Melbourne, Australia | SocialEarth — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:22:14 +0000

[...] you need to stay focused this New Year, Melbourne, Australia is the right place to be to write those edgy resolutions. Why? Because Melbourne has been making some pretty eco-impressive [...]

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By: Sustainable NYE City #3: Curitiba, Brazil | SocialEarth

Sustainable NYE City #3: Curitiba, Brazil | SocialEarth — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:32:19 +0000

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By: Sustainable NYE City #6: London, UK | SocialEarth

Sustainable NYE City #6: London, UK | SocialEarth — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:25:14 +0000

[...] Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, this is an aspirational award. London is not usually ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable cities, but it’s a hard [...]

By: Pritish Kumar

Pritish Kumar — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:13:25 +0000

Team Ethisphere,
We are very happy to see Good data base analysis and projections, Great job done, Congratulations,
Lets make our planet a good place to live in all aspects, lrts preserve the Mother Earth,
John has rightly said – I am so delighted that my home town Hyderabad is among the likes of London and New York. I almost fell off my chair when I saw it on the list! To all those cynical about including an Indian city – just remember WE ARE CHANGING!!

Thanx for this study,
Pritish Kumar (India )

By: Julio Antuna

Julio Antuna — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:07:34 +0000

I’m Mexican and no surprise there’s no Mexican city mentioned here, but take a look a Monterrey city it´s very competitve,

By: Felipe Tito Mariotto

Felipe Tito Mariotto — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:02:47 +0000

It’s a wonderful news to know that Curitiba (Brazil) is on the list. I’ve been living here sice forever and I have to admit, I haven’t seen any city with so many good environmental aspects in the whole Brazil. Besides being a model city, Curitiba also has many things to improve, the most important I suppose is the social equality which has been decreasing since 1990, when the city’s population grew drastically.

By: daniel marques

daniel marques — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:19:09 +0000

WTF!?!?
Curitiba one of the best in the world? no way.
With 1 car for every 1.63 person, more than São Paulo with 1 to 1.83 ratio, Crime rising and the only concern of the present mayor is expanding the use of cars I highly doubt that Curitiba will be on this list.
Furthermore, you’ve probably never used the so great public transportation in Curitiba, because what once was great now is outdated, but all is not lost thanks to visionary urbanisation on the end of the past century, if the public administrators open their eyes to sustainability, then I agree, Curitiba have a really BIG potential to be on the top of green.

By: Fernando Zanesco

Fernando Zanesco — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:59:41 +0000

Congratulations Curitiba, my lovely city!!

Realmente uma cidade espetacular, porém, tem muito pra melhorar!!

By: Ítalo Barbosa

Ítalo Barbosa — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:17:28 +0000

É de suma importância este tipo de pesquisa, porém, temos que contar com a vontade política para o bom andamento; Gostaria de ver todas as cidades Brasileiras como sustentável,mas, ver Curitiba listada entre as cidades, podemos dizer: ‘encontramos a ponta no novelo de lã’.
Vejam Curitiba – Brasil no Google Earth.

By: marco

marco — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:56:18 +0000

I’m Italian and no surprise there’s no Italian city mentioned here. I’ve been twice in CURITIBA and definitely love it. I envy you guys that live there. enjoy!

By: Carlos Haagen

Carlos Haagen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:49:53 +0000

Frankfurt? Y´re jocking! Maybe without the frankfurters.

By: Andre Nizer

Andre Nizer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:03 +0000

I live in Curitiba since I was born, and I had to say that Curitiba is a beautiful city, and the best one in Brazil.
All of we can help our cities to do the best for our world. !!!

By: Jade

Jade — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:17:19 +0000

I agree with Aston.. I just relocated to Melbourne from Vancouver. While I love the city it has serious problems with a “car-addicition” and the fact as Aston highlighted that living outside of the city is not only the norm, but encouraged! Talk about crazy traffic congestion, its GHGs emissions are on the same amounts of London which is twice its size!

In some respects Melbourne is doing a great job but so many lost opportunity… lots of broken beer bottles too – they need a cash exchange for bottle recycling for incentives.

By: Rex Adam

Rex Adam — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:18:41 +0000

I was more than surprised to see Victoria B.C. make your list as it continues to dump its raw sewage in the ocean much to the chagrin of communities across the strait. However, I guess contributing to algea growth does contribute to the greening of the planet. Likewise I am sure debris dumped in the ocean breaks down after only a few decades as opposed to hundreds of years in a landfill. Way to go you clever analysts.

By: johntymouse

johntymouse — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:46:36 +0000

Nice to see Wellington listed here. As a resident, I know that there are indeed some initiatives to make the city more sustainable, e.g. in recycling rubbish. But the City Council is not especially “green” in my opinion – it’s still far too keen on building roads in the urban centre, for instance, forgetting that cities are for people, not cars.

By: Rafael D. Lima

Rafael D. Lima — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:33:03 +0000

as Geographer I’m proud to live in Curitiba.