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World Population: Are we capable to save our planet?

The capacity of our environment to provide space, to produce food and to supply energy is limited. We depend on limited resources for our survivor and yet, we keep increasing our population as if they were infinite. Worldpopulationhistory.org presents this video where the world population growth can be overviewed from the year 1 C.E. to the…

Citizenship, Sustainability, Sustainable Development

World Population: Are we capable to save our planet?

Citizenship, Sustainability, Sustainable Development

Many of UK´s major companies, together under Hubbub´s declaration

Wrigley´s, McDonald´s or Veolia are only some of the firms who have joined a petition addressing the British Government, hoping to develop a new and effective large-scale plan against littering. Small acts like throwing a piece of paper or a chewing gum to the ground may seem simple and harmless, but it actually mounts up…

Citizenship, Ciudad Verde, Sustainability, Sustainable Development

Spain paves the way for alternatively-fuelled cars

The Spanish Government has passed the Alternative Energy Vehicles Impulse Resolution (VEA); now the goal is to increase the number of these vehicles and to boost their industrialization.

Sustainability, Sustainable Development

Driverless, electric taxis for single passengers

A study has assessed that, in the USA alone, the anual savings on fuel could reach 7 million oil barrels, while the reduction of contamination could reach 2,4 tonnes of CO2 Car manufacturers and technologic companies in the USA are working on the development of a sub-type of electric vehicles that will serve as taxis,…

Ecotechnology, Electric Vehicles, Mobility, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Technological Solutions

Newcastle NOW to Newcastle NEXT

Newcastle, NSW, Australia is a mid-sized, coastal city. We used to be a dirty-sky, steel-making and ship building city. We are still the biggest coal-exporting port in the world but we have re-imagined ourselves into a creative hub with high achieving researchers, small hi-tech industries and a reputation for working hard at sustainability.

Citizenship, Future Cities, Smart Cities, Sustainability

Valladolid is involved in the city’s intelligence

Last February, the flagship project Remourban was launched in Valladolid. This was an acknowledgement and a turning point in its sustainable growth pathway towards the goals established in Europe 2020.

Citizenship, Mobility, Smart Cities, Sustainability

Paving the road to a Smarter India

The Pragati Maidan in New Delhi will hold, from the 20th to the 22nd of May, the most relevant event for Smart Cities in India this year The success of a true Smart City often depends on the depth of the project and the compromise of all the forces and agents involved. Plans that contemplate…

Future Cities, Resilience, Smart Cities, Sustainability

Technology for Good programs benefit four million globally

This program enables 50 percent improvement in energy efficiency which mitigates the increased energy consumption required to meet growing demands for data Carbon footprint target is on track to reduce 30 percent CO2e per employee by 2017, with 10 percent reduction achieved in 2014

ICT, New Technologies, Sustainability, Sustainable Development

Piero Fassino | Sindaco di Torino y Presidente della ANCI

Torino ha accolto dal 2011 la sfida europea delle smart cities interpretandola come una delle chiavi per lo sviluppo del proprio territorio ed indirizzandola ai principali problemi territoriali in tema di energia, ambiente, mobilità, accessibilità, inclusione sociale e miglioramento degli stili di vita.