Life in the Village—“Il Progetto Artena” The International Society of Biourbanism has organized a full-day conference, the “Project Artena: Reviving Italian villages”, in the city of Artena (Rome, Italy), on October the 21st, 2012. The small town has been the paradigmatic subject of a systemic study approach, aimed at analyzing and contrasting the urban, ecological, […] read more
The Come To Your Senses project aims to facilitate the making of meaningful cartographies to help make sense of our relationship with place. The project enables people to increase self-awareness and become more socially engaged by mapping experiences, emotions and stories. To date we have visualised this kind of data in physical workshops in South […] read more
Naples, Italy, September 1st – 7th, 2012 An ISB delegation, consisting of Angelica Fortuzzi, Angela Maria Pezzilli, and Stefano Serafini, participated in the work of the sixth UN Habitat World Urban Forum (http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/ProgrammeWUF6.pdf), in Naples, from the 1st to the 7th of September 2012. We met colleagues from all over the world, and discussed […] read more
Call for Paper: AAG Los Angeles, April 9 -13, 2013 Contesting Models of Ecological Urban Living: Eco-cities and Beyond Sponsored by Urban Geography Specialty Group and Cultural & Political Ecology Specialty Group In recent years, the term “eco-city” has increasingly been applied to a wide range of urban sustainability projects from minor retrofits, brown-field regeneration […] read more
CELEBRATE WORLD HABITAT DAY ON MONDAY 1 OCTOBER 2012 International celebrations for World Habitat Day this year will be held in Embu, Kenya on Monday 1 October. Hosted by the Government of Kenya, the day’s events will be held at the Embu Municipal Stadium.The event will be opened by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive […] read more