Monthly Focus: Sustainable Cities

How do we make our cities smarter, greener, happier places to live? Creative thinking in transport, building, food policy, urban habitats and technology offers inspired solutions.

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Creative Asia: Cybele Malinowski, photographer
Creative Asia: Cybele Malinowski, photographer

Sydney is a city of a series of diverse and com­plex stor­ies”, says pho­to­grapher Cybele Malin­owski. Find out why Shanghai’s art scene and Sydney’s diversity rate on her cre­at­ive radar.

Cycle-friendly cities: sharing bikes in Auckland
Cycle-friendly cities: sharing bikes in Auckland

Auck­land, never a big bike city, is becom­ing more cycle-friendly: guest con­trib­utor Amber Par­kin tells us why and gives us the pros and cons of her city’s bike shar­ing scheme.

China gets back on the bike
China gets back on the bike

Bike own­er­ship in China is on the decline while car own­er­ship con­tin­ues to rise. How will China shift gears and move back to pedal power?

Urban farming: Ginza grows a rice field
Urban farming: Ginza grows a rice field

Tokyo’s most fam­ous lux­ury shop­ping area, Ginza, sprouted a ground floor rice paddy open to the pub­lic, draw­ing atten­tion to the value of Japan­ese rice and the pos­sib­il­it­ies of urban farming.

Eco fashion statements: from “basura” to “Bazura”
Eco fashion statements: from “basura” to “Bazura”

Co-operatives around East Asia upcycle post-consumer mater­i­als into eco-fashion: Bazura Bags uses the skills of women in the Phil­ip­pines and Viet­nam to cre­ate a unique product.

Show Us Your City: A Walk In Seoul
Show Us Your City: A Walk In Seoul

New Seoulite Nathan Stone­ham invites us into his city: take your time, and you’ll dis­cover the pock­ets of beauty and accept­ing com­munit­ies that call Seoul home.