Something strange happens when all the cars leave an ordinarily busy road: you start looking at it in a completely different way. Many visitors to Open Streets Bree Street commented that it was almost surreal to see the road’s cycle lanes being used in the manner in which they were
Sidewalk vending is illegal in the City of Los Angeles, but that doesn’t stop an estimated 50,000 Angelenos from setting up shop in the streets. Their highly visible presence on downtown sidewalks, around parks and stadiums, and at bus stops, metro stations, and parking lots is a bold display of civil disobedience.The Los Angeles authorities
California’s regulations governing organic food waste became more stringent on September 28, 2014, as Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1826 into law. The law requires commercial generators of food waste to have it composted or transformed to energy via anaerobic digestion.The law will phase in starting in July 2015 on an incremental
Iraqi Minister of Tourism and Antiquities on Monday said that his country is seeking to restore the ancient ruin city of Babylon onto the UNESCO world heritage list. UNESCO earlier said that the U.S. troops and contractors inflicted considerable damage on the historic Iraqi site of Babylon, driving heavy machinery over
When most people think American cuisine, they think pizza, hot dogs and hamburgers. While these are indeed staples across the country, every state has its own sense of flavor.You may not be surprised to learn that Maine is crazy about seafood. But would you have guessed that Utah has a
Models of production and sustainable tourism consumption, the role of technology in the universal accessibility of tourism, the future of tourism in Middle East and North of Africa, the tourism investments in Africa and the shopping tourism are only some of the issues approached in the activities that the UNWTO
A farm has started selling its milk directly to the public because the money it receives wholesale is “plummeting”. Jane Barnes has a licence from the Food Standards Agency to sell unpasteurised milk, sometimes known as raw milk, directly from her farm in Somerby, Leicestershire. She is aiming to …READ
Plzeň, known as the Czech capital of beer that gave the world Pilsner lager in 1842, has been officially inaugurated as the European Capital of Culture for 2015. An estimated 15,000 people gathered at the central Republic Square of the western Czech city on Saturday to watch the opening show.
In its simplest incarnation, a Späti is a convenience store. Open 24 hours, day and night, Spätis are an intrinsic element of Berlin’s cityscape. Pretty much exclusive to Berlin, except maybe Hypezig, there are over a thousand of them and the one commonality that they share is their uniqueness. With
Burgos aspires to become a gastronomic hub. Two years after having held the title of Spanish Capital of Gastronomy, the city prepares its bid for ‘Creative Gastronomic City” . An award granted by UNESCO and which, if approved, would position Burgos as the first Spanish city of international gastronomy. Read
Vancouver has resolved to eliminate food scraps from its waste stream entirely. Metro Vancouver spent the better part of last year plastering adorable pictures of googly-eyed food garbage all over the city to prepare it for the ban, which went into effect on January 1.Wasted food is also a waste
By 2050, there will be 9 billion hungry people in the world and less farmland and resources than there’s ever been. On August 24-28, 2015, young leaders from around the world will gather at the Global Youth Ag-Summit to discuss ideas, develop a vision and deliver action. If you’re 18-25 and
Toronto’s recently launched Mobile Good Food Market which is selling fresh products on the streets in areas where people have few nutritious food options.In order to give urbanites in food deserts access to fresh and healthy food, some Torontonians came up with the Mobile Good Food Market. This unconventional food truck, donated
Street art ― some as high as 15 m ― is drawing droves of visitors to Malaysia’s old towns. Many have catapulted the buildings that serve as canvasses to fame while others have drawn the public’s ire. Recently, Urban Xchange ― Malaysia’s first street art festival featuring Zacharevic, had artists like
” There has been much less research on the clustering of personality types within cities and the effects of neighborhood location on happiness”. It’s a well-worn sociological truth that the neighborhoods in which we live can have a powerful effect on our lives. But how do our neighborhoods affect our overall
What are we going to eat and drink in 2015? Expert talk about insects, green smoothies, healthy ‘snacks’, organic products and food from Latin America among others. Read more…
