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Commentary: Car Free Day chaotic, but provides free civic space

Let us set the record straight: #2019ChangePresident supporters are not the first group to violate the no-politics rule on Car Free Day (CFD) in Jakarta — and they will not likely be the last. A clash ... read more

Rwanda: Towards Enhancing the Vitality of Urban Streets - a Case of Kigali's Car Free Zone

The move by the city council to convert part of KN4 Street into a 'car free zone' was a vehicle to deliver ... to blur the distinction between public and private space. Successful streets provide amen... read more

What’s Your Walk Score?

The first thing to note about Walk Score—the company that tracks the “walkability” of locations around the world—is that its office, in the Laurelhurst section of Seattle, is not exactly a paragon of ... read more

Maybe climate change is closer than we think

It put a whole new - and rather ironic - spin on Jakarta's car-free day campaign to reduce pollution in the city. Australians remember the massive economic and political impact when Brisbane flooded t... read more

Winter on a Slow Fizzle - Showery 50s Next Week - February: Earth's Warmest Month in the Satellite Record

GFS 10-day ... Space Station, courtesty of Flickr. Photo credit above: "It's going to get a bit more painful at pumps around the globe." (Reuters/Darren Whiteside) Image credit above: "Many streets in ... read more

Philippines to buy 3 naval landing craft from Australia

The Philippines will buy three surplus naval landing craft from Australia in addition to two vessels Canberra has donated to deal with future relief efforts following typhoons, a defense official said ... read more

The Benefits of Living in a Small House With a Family

Then I start to wonder, how much space does each of my children really need ... my hope is that my children will grow up to desire to be free of attachment to material goods, and be able to exercise t... read more

CUV’s: A Tale of Two Parking Lots

Need to furnish a 295 square foot living space on the cheap? IKEA is your answer ... Buyers on the IKEA side of the equation aren’t giving crossovers (CUV’s) a free ride. They are not impressed by the ... read more

Slaughter trade being privatised: Teesta

She said that it was unfortunate the contributions of leaders such as Birsa Munda were not occupying space in the social studies books. Birsa’s contribution to development and welfare of adivasis was ... read more

Arts and Events

Shepard Fairey's wife was telling the truth: the street artist doesn't put up his own pieces anymore! He was spotted outside of the Little Cupcake Shop on Prince Street today overseeing his latest wor... read more

The big debate: Must we give up our cars?

Should we be looking at a car-free future? Send us your thoughts and comments, and we'll publish the best ones here. While car ownership rises steadily in Europe and America, it's set to soar elsewher... read more

The lessons Abbott should learn from Victoria

So yes, Shaw is a lot like Clive Palmer - the man who was a climate sceptic one day and an Al Gore climate ambassador the next. In June the major parties finally ganged up on Shaw and voted to suspend ... read more