Environmental activism is getting interesting. There is more action than just slogan campaigns. There was Earth Day where world went dark for an hour and now World Carfree Day was celebrated on September 22. The campaign urging people to leave cars in garages for one day is very innovative.  Do check out the campaign and [...]

Cities are something by which a country is characterised, something that speaks about the spirit of the people around. So its a herculean task for administrative authorities to showcase their skills and make its city one-of-its-kind. Tree Point shelter from Barski Design could help them achieve this feat.

It is aimed to help people around locate [...]

All metros in India face a dearth of proper safe public transport system. Commuters have no choice but to take risks and avail cheapest, sub standard and highly unsafe mode of transport every day. Every day hundreds are killed in road, train accidents but yet complete overhaul of the system does not figure in any [...]

It will eventually be a world of cities. The planet is expected to have 5.3 billion urban residents by 2050, according to forecasts by the UN. That’s 2 billion more than what the planet has today. In developing countries, 5 million new people migrate to cities every month, swelling urban populations. Many are fleeing the [...]

In a report from the Food for Cities Program of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), it says, “The riots of hunger in the cities of Haiti, in particular, have served to draw attention to the importance of urban poverty in the world food crisis.”
Urban food chains should be studied differently from their counterparts [...]

Poverty in the countryside makes people flock to urban areas. The glitz, glamour, and bright lights of the city attract poor people to urban destinations as if they were the guiding star. Millions of people flock to cities every week. In developing nations, populations are expected to triple over the next 30 years. Most of [...]