Street Journalism: A New Way of Reporting
Over the course of the immersion period, Walker and her team realized that most journalists were missing the stories which mattered most. Transportation, for one, was identified as one the key talking points for »
#UrbanPixel | Our Urban Weather
Full Instructions If you'd like to have one of your urban photos featured in an upcoming #UrbanPixel post, check out the below instructions. We love being social, but a few rules helps us make sure we can feature your photos in »
Sustainable Social Innovation: Put People First
Social innovation is a big word. A big but important word. No fancy social innovation idea will work if there are no insatiably driven people to move ideas forward. There are stories of great ideas that have not »
Reviving The Chesapeake Bay Boosts Jobs
Chesapeake Employment Opportunities The word jobs has a wide range of meanings depending upon your social and economic status. For this discussion jobs refers to all types of employment opportunities that develop »
Biking Vegas? Are you crazy?
Urbane Renewal Chapter 3: Betting on bicycles See Part 1: Hail, Caesars! Casinos Go Green and Part 2: Vegas Redefines “Central Location” “You can’t be serious.” “That’s nuts!” “Are you crazy?!?” That’s a sampling of reactions to my plan »
The Alps: Timelapse
Perhaps not the most mind-blowing timelapse reel that we have ever featured however, for those of us in the southern parts of England, it seems very appropriate. Snow clouds sweep the frames and the eery theme music only adds to the cold nights in The Alps mountain »
Mountain Views of Wachusett
Mount Wachusett is a unique landmark in the central New England landscape. It rises above the surrounding area to a height of 2,006 feet or 611.43 meters. The 3,000-acre reservation has natural resources including forests, alpine meadows, ponds, streams and fields. »
Ford’s B-Max Technology and Environmental Policy
The New Ford B-Max At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Ford unveiled a concept car called the B-Max. The small vehicle, which is aimed directly at urbanites has no central ‘B’ pillar, thus its door can slide »
Jane Withers on Eating Water
Urban Times is proud to present it’s online partnership with the IQ2 If Conference. We attended this outstanding two-day talk to find our minds fully blown by an array of leading innovators, thought-leaders and futurists. Plan ahead and get your 2012 If »
Conservation Starts With You and Me
I notice that people conjure images of faraway places when they hear the words “endangered” or “conservation.” We tend to forget that in our own backyards there are animals and plants that need help. There are »
Psychology of Fashion
This article marks the third in Urban Times’ EcoFashion Series. We hope to shed some light on the eco fashion industry by exploring elements such as the sustainability, culture, ecology, psychology, labour and future of fashion. Our authors explore to what extent eco »
Sustainable Social Innovation: Put People First
Social innovation is a big word. A big but important word. It has a tendency to be a hypothetical yet aspirational jargon, especially for those who are still analyzing it in classrooms. Another big word which we want »