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Jan Kamensky animation for the @platzfuerwien initiative

Published 13 March 2021

Animation from Jan Kamensky (2020)

The animation was created for the Viennese initiative @platzfuerwien to support them in their commitment to an environmentally friendly and people-friendly city.

Link: www.platzfuer.wien

More animations of other cities by Jan Kamensky, Hamburg:
https://vimeo.com/user2672828

Keywords: Car Free, Greening / climate adaptation, Stock, Bike-/Velo-City, Bicycle, Movies, Movies < 4 Min, News Blog Austria, City, Vienna, Aesthetics / Architecture / Building Culture

Published 11 February 2020

Video (2018) about the new development "Merwede" in Utrecht (NL)

Newly built districts with space-efficient mobility offers

2:14 min - 10/4/2018

On the west side of the Merwedekanal, a new sustainable urban quarter is being built in a central location not far from Utrecht Central Station. An urban development plan for the redevelopment of an industrial area along the canal was drawn up by the municipality of Utrecht together with ten landowners. The plan envisages a mixed district with 17 blocks. Here, 6,000 to 9,000 apartments are to be built for approximately 12,000 residents. The area is to become a showcase for healthy and sustainable living with innovative concepts for recycling, energy production, climate adaptation and mobility solutions. Size: 60 ha. Planned completion: by 2024

Project Info:
http://sdg21.eu/db/merwede-in-utrecht-nl

Keywords:
Car Free, Greening / climate adaptation, Bike-/Velo-City, Soil & land consumption, CarSharing, Movies, Movies < 4 Min, Climate protection, Mobility, New building area, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog Netherlands, Mix of uses, Quarters, Resource efficiency

Published 19 August 2016

New publication: So that we do what we think is right

oekoroutine book cover The gap between knowledge and action is often wide. At the beginning of his book "Ökoroutine", Michael Kopatz explains why we often don't do what we think is right: out of routine. Because the here and now determines our actions. Because it is difficult to avoid advertising. Or because living sustainably seems more expensive and more inconvenient in everyday life. Why should I, of all people, cycle more often, fly less, spend more money on organic products?

Appeals and campaigns alone will not bring the necessary change any closer

Kopatz recommends political intervention and raising standards - in animal husbandry, for example, or in agriculture. Appliances must be repairable and energy-efficient refurbishments must be socially just. Kopatz also makes an imaginative plea for new political framework conditions with regard to mobility or regional economic models.

Further information on the "eco-routine" can be found at www.oekoroutine.de.

Michael Kopatz: Ökoroutine - Damit wir tun, was wir für richtig halten, 2016. 416 pages, €24.95

Order at buecher.de

Keywords:
DE-News, Climate protection, Lifestyle / Consumption, Sustainable management, New books and studies, Sufficiency, Transition Town