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South Korea: A 32km cycle path covered with solar panels
The highway between the Korean cities of Daejeon and Sejong is characterized by having a 22 km long two-way track, exclusively for cyclists, covered with solar panels to generate clean electricity. The idea of covering a track with solar panels also has the advantage of protecting cyclists from excessive sun or rain and snow, but…
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The light pollution atlas
Light pollution has negative effects on our health and the natural habitat, but despite this, not enough efforts have been made to measure the problem on a global scale. To answer this, a study published by the journal ScienceAdvances has led to a comprehensive atlas of brightness artificial night, measuring and comparing the intensity of…
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The UN reaffirms Internet access as a human right
The UN Human Rights Council voted in favor, this past July 1, of a resolution condemning censorship measures and blocking access to information on the Internet, and reaffirms freedom of expression online as a basic human right. The resolution expands on two previous decisions of the Human Rights Council in the same vein that declared…
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The 606: The linear urban park won by Chicago
New York’s High Lane, an elevated rail line in disused, converted into a green corridor that meanders through Manhattan, is a striking success story of recovery of public space that is being contemplated by other cities around the world. In the same country, Chicago has reclaimed a similar abandoned train line to create a linear…
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Video: A camera among garbage
Garbage and rubbish that we should never have left in nearby natural areas come to life in this Polish animated short.
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The house that generates more energy than it consumes
A panel of experts from the Welsh School of Architecture at the University of Cardiff, designed and built a prototype detached house that is capable of producing more power for the electricity grid than it needs to consume, with manufacturing costs similar to those of a comparable home. Part of efforts to achieve near-zero carbon…
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Vitoria-Gasteiz: Smart regeneration for a neighborhood of developmentalism
Vitoria-Gasteiz began last February the path to regenerate the Coronación neighborhood, a neighborhood born from the relentless model of industrial development of 50 years ago that has been dragging a loss of attractiveness and population despite being next to the historic center of the city. The project, which has a grant of almost 11 million…
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Video: The changing city
The filmmaker Keith Loutit has filmed the city of Singapore for 3 years to show that the landscapes we pass through, which seem to us anchored in time, are constantly changing.
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Denmark: Interest rates defy gravity
The European Central Bank or the central banks of Japan, Sweden, and Switzerland have introduced negative interest rates, but in Denmark, where they have had negative rates since 2012, something is happening that seems hard to imagine. There are citizens who charge interest on their home mortgage, as well as companies – for now not…
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B-Venture: Appointment with the entrepreneurial community in Bilbao
Entrepreneurs have an appointment at B-Venture 2016, a startup investment forum that will take place at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao on the 18th and 19th of next October. Until June 30, entrepreneurs who have an innovative project and who are seeking support and financing to materialize it, can register on the official website ….