Tag Archives: Tactical urbanism

Dogs create conflict for open space in cities

Dogs create conflict for open space in cities

Dogs make up the bulk of livestock in cities yet their sometimes unreasonable claims on public open space carries an opportunity cost to those who would use the space differently…

Visitors tour sustainability hubs and community gardens

Visitors tour sustainability hubs and community gardens

Visitors from the Philippines and Canada get acquainted with Sydney’s community gardens and sustainability centres…

Rain gardens filter stormwater before it enters natural systems

Rain gardens filter stormwater before it enters natural systems

Rain gardens… a technology to filter pollution from rainwater…

Permaculture—time to scale up?

Permaculture—time to scale up?

Is the mindset of permaculture practitioners the biggest barrier to the further penetration of their ideas into society?

Urban heat island devices installed

Urban heat island devices installed

TWO URBAN HEAT ISLAND monitoring devices have been installed in the Myrtle Street precinct in Chippendale…

Locals take paint to boring community compost bins

Locals take paint to boring community compost bins

COMPOST BIN too dull? Unexciting? Uninviting to fill with food and garden waste? Brighten them with a little imagination and paint….

Mayor and Costa celebrate successful council courses

Mayor and Costa celebrate successful council courses

If enthusiasm to do something positive in the world is anything to go by, then the last Living Smart cohort to graduate from the ten-topic, 24-hour Saturday afternoon course marks it as a success…