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Wind Power Strong, Solar Still Growing
Green Inc. recently ran two separate pieces on trends in alternative energy across the United States. Wind power seems to have fared the recession amazingly well: A record 10,010 megawatts of new wind...
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Solar Maps for NYC?
Solar Map for San Francisco from sf.solarmap.org Green reports that there is a comprehensive ‘solar map’ in the works for New York City. They quote CUNY’s very own Tria Case and explain that a new...
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Thinking Into the Future: Cities as Complex Systems and the Weight of History
Keri Facer – Learning to live in interesting times from FutureEverything on Vimeo. The video I share with you today comes from one of the keynote speakers at Future Everything, a design and...
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A New Era of Sustainability
Welcome to the new CISC blog, the version that will change your life (hopefully–that is, if we do our jobs right.) But really, we have a new look, new contributors and a dedicated commitment to...
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Give Me a Brake!
One of the biggest changes in lifestyle when I moved to New York was the switch from private transportation to public transit. While I love that I can sit on the MTA and just read as I’m going to...
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Green Infrastructure in the City
CISC is hosting an event on December 1st that deals specifically with issues of green infrastructure. We are in the process of designing our “save the date,” announcement so you will hear about it soon...
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Utopian Solutions to Real Problems
Architects have always been at the forefront of envisioning fantastic new models and paradigms for living. More often than not those visions tend to neglect the diversity and sometimes impossible...
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Solar RoofPod: Team New York
A group of innovative undergraduate and graduate students (architects and engineers) at the City College of New York are working on a project that would potentially redefine the use of the urban...
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Learning by Growing at PS 333
Earlier last week, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer presided over the official opening of the Sun Works Center for Environmental Studies, a hydroponic greenhouse on top of PS 333 the...
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Gateway National Recreation Area Summer Fire GIS Technician
Summer jobs and internships are a great way for students to gain valuable hands-on experience in their prospective fields. They can give students insight into their professional aspirations, complement...
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