by Matt Ball on November 4, 2008
The fourth World Urban Forum (WUF4) is underway in Nanjing, China this week. The theme of this event is Harmonious Urbanization: The Challenge of Balanced Territorial Development. With the fast pace of urbanization in the world, two-thirds of the world population could be in cities by 2030, according the UN. In his opening address, UN [...]
by Matt Ball on April 26, 2008
I attended the Digital Be-In 16 last night at the Temple club in San Francisco. The event was organized by the Green Century Institute as an adjunct event to the Ecocity World Summit. The event has roots back the original Human Be-In of January 14, 1966, with such characters as Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy [...]
