Van Jones is an eco-visionary, award-winning human rights attorney and powerhouse speaker. He is the founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC), a strategy and action center, working for justice, peace, and opportunity in urban America. He has served on the boards of numerous environmental and nonprofit organizations, including the National Apollo [...]
Over the last few weeks Sensible City has been putting Re: Vision Dallas and Urban Revision in the ears, eyes and minds of the most popular and influential blogs, media portals and news services. A big idea loves hard work and together we’ve helped spread the world for Urban Revision online. The following is a list of some of our favorite [...]
Urban Revision will be launching Building Blocks, its international design competition which will determine the future of a fully sustainable city block, just a stones throw from City Hall in Dallas, TX. Plus, a 6-month lecture series TBD is in development. We’ll be steering the DC greenie/social media crowd to the LinkLive Inaugural Ball at the [...]
Dallas, TX - December 2, 2008 — The City of Dallas will host a full-day “Design Charrette” this Friday to examine the necessary framework and community impact of what will become the first fully sustainable, urban square block in the United States. The Charrette, attended by community design and urban planning experts from across the nation, [...]
From our friends at Inhabitat… Gunwook Nam’s Human Pump is a clever solution to the world’s water crisis that captures kinetic energy generated from human foot traffic and uses it to power a system of pumps that bring fresh drinking water to the surface in a playful, dramatic and life-saving waterfall. One of three winners in the Re:construct competition sponsored [...]
Deborah Lindsay of Tomorrow Matters hosted Stacey Frost for a one-hour interview on URBAN RE:VISION and its most current competitions and activities. It is one of the most elequent and comprehendable overview’s we have ever organized. Take a listen: [download mp3]. Visit Tomorrow Matter’s online: [click here]. To learn about Re:Vision 6, the latest competition in [...]
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