Month: July 2012
Open Voices News Roundup: July 30
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back every Monday for our news roundups.
Friday Flower: Name this Bloom!
Every Friday we publish a new Friday Flower. We ask our readers, as a game, to identify the flower. Here’s today’s beautiful bloom — anybody know what it is?…
Health Benefits of Urban Greening: A Q&A with Kathy Wolf
In this interview, we talk about health benefits and necessities of urban greening, urban landscapes, why trees aid cities in everything from transportation to shopping, and much more.
A Renaissance of Jobs and Positive Change: How Green Spaces Can Create Both
ASLA’s excellent blog The Dirt was also at the Greater & Greener (see our coverage here) conference in New York City last week, and has two wonderful posts up recapping some important sessions that took place. The sessions, while focusing on different topics, both spoke to an idea that we firmly believe in — that…
Open Voices News Roundup: July 23
Every week, we bring you the latest news in placemaking, landscape architecture, the nature-mental health link, and much more. Check back every Monday for our news roundups.
Friday Flower: Name this Bloom!
Every Friday we publish a new Friday Flower. We ask our readers, as a game, to identify the flower. Here’s today’s beautiful bloom — anybody know what it is?…
Open Voices News Roundup: The Greater & Greener Version
Tuesday marked the last day of “Greater & Greener: Re-Imagining Parks for 21st Century Cities,†the excellent summit put on by City Parks Alliance in New York City. But while the panels are over and the attendees have scattered back home across the globe, the ideas and discussions that sparked at the conference will launch some great new initiatives and movements.
Lots of interesting news also came out of the conference this week — so here is this week’s roundup, with a Greater & Greener bent!
Greater & Greener Report: Funding the New Green City
“Alternative funding models for parks, while essential to helping our cities add and keep open space, are also raising many questions. How do we keep the public dollars in parks? How does a city balance the needs of downtown investment with neighborhood development? How can we marry private sector innovation with equitable provision of space…
Do Greenspaces Equal Greenbacks? The Economic Case for Urban Parks
More and more people are seeing the potential of urban greenspaces and parks to act as economic catalysts for cities. Read more to find out why….
Greater & Greener: The Largest Urban Park Gathering in History
We’re reporting from the largest urban parks gathering in history — Greater & Greener: The International Urban Parks Conference, presented by City Parks Alliance. The purpose of the conference? To “increase awareness of the positive impact that parks and green spaces have on our urban communities and explore how urban parks will be designed, developed, programmed, funded and sustained to meet future demands.”…
