by Gordon Feller | Jun 30, 2016 | Announcements
I chaired a session during the 4th Annual Silicon Valley Energy & Sustainability Summit organized by The Silicon Valley Leadership Group. This special program convened on June 30th at Oracle Headquarters in Redwood City, California. The overarching theme was built...
by Seamus Kraft | Jun 29, 2016 | Economy, Smart Cities
I am sure you’re familiar with some of the huge challenges facing the great city of Chicago: public safety, education and a looming debt crisis threatening to spread across critical public services. Chicago needs leaders able to confront these problems head on and...
by Johanna Goetzel | Jun 27, 2016 | Environment, Resources
The narrative on energy is one of possibility and progress. Recent events on the international climate calendar, from the seventh annual Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) to EE Global have brought energy productivity issues to the forefront of low carbon solutions...
by Micah Kotch | Jun 27, 2016 | Economy, Smart Cities
As a native New Yorker, you learn to trust your gut. I’ve spent the last 10 years in New York City working with founders, investors, corporates, policymakers, and academics to build a cluster of companies making cities better: more efficient, resilient and...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Jun 22, 2016 | Urban Innovator of the Week
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. Public Workshop started in Philadelphia in 2009,...
by Christina Olsen | Jun 21, 2016 | Global Mobility Research, Smart Cities
This interview series is made possible by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations. Each month we feature a leading thinker from VREF’s Future Urban Transport program. Meeting of the Minds talked with Winnie Mitullah about her work on public and...
by Ray Busch | Jun 21, 2016 | Smart Cities
Year-round fresh produce, daily farmer’s markets, chefs from every continent – it’s no wonder that the San Francisco Bay Area is famous for its food culture. Yet we rarely celebrate the other side of digestion. At its best, wastewater is an impolite, unavoidable...
by Nate Levine | Jun 20, 2016 | Smart Cities
In the 1500’s, England faced the threat of imminent invasion from the Spanish and the French. Sparsely populated and blanketed in fog, the British Isles were tempting targets for roaming armadas. An army could land on a coast and march inland before anybody could...
by Colin Harrison | Jun 15, 2016 | Smart Cities
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” Between May 2016 and October 2017 there will be a period of history marked by multiple challenges: a tsunami of climate-change powered ecological disruptions; a long list...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Jun 14, 2016 | Urban Innovator of the Week
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. Gétro Jean-Claude was born and raised in Haiti,...
by John Addison | Jun 14, 2016 | Smart Cities
Germany’s Leadership in Wind and Solar Power By 2050, Germany will use over 80 percent renewables to meet all energy needs, including transportation. Buildings and cities will be smart and energy efficient. For decades, Germany has led in energy efficiency with green...
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