Tag: green infrastructure
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Patrick Geddes and the Vision of a Sustainable City Life
Introduction: Reimagining the Everyday Urban Landscape Every morning in modern cities, delivery trucks crowd narrow streets, couriers weave through traffic, and bicycles share space with cars, buses, and trams. The scene mirrors a recurring challenge: how to make dense urban life efficient, humane, and sustainable. Patrick Geddes, a pioneering thinker in urban planning, offered a…
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Methane Cuts Fall Short: Global Commitments vs 2030 Target
Overview: Commitments vs. Reality Efforts to curb methane emissions, a short-lived but potent greenhouse gas, are falling short of the pace required to meet climate goals. A new report assessing international promises shows that current commitments would reduce methane emissions by only about 8% by 2030, far below the 30% target widely cited by climate…
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Solidel Solar Street Lamps Bring Green Lighting to Drummondville
Introduction: A Green Lighting Push from Drummondville In Drummondville, a small but ambitious company is proving that solar power can illuminate cities as reliably as traditional grids. Solidel, led by Samuel Tremblay, has built a line of solar street lamps designed specifically for municipal use rather than garden lighting. Four years ago Tremblay and a…