HandUp: technology and human kindness to end homelessness

HandUp: technology and human kindness to end homelessness

“Poverty is not something that is just in the developing world, it is all around the world”, said Rose Broome, co-founder and CEO of HandUp, at the 2015 New Cities Summit in Jakarta, the leading global event on urban development organised by the New Cities Foundation.     The fact that poverty exists everywhere might

How many bullets Norway’s police fired in 2014

How many bullets Norway’s police fired in 2014

The number of times Norway’s policemen fired their guns in 2014 is surprising compared to the growing violence in many countries of the western part of the world. Only two bullets have been fired, and no one has been killed or injured. And what is more, Norwegian officials drew their weapons only 42 times, the lowest

São Paulo is becoming bike-friendly

São Paulo is becoming bike-friendly

São Paulo is turning into a bike-friend city. On 28 June, a new cycle route was opened in Paulista Avenue, São Paulo main road and one of the most famous roads of Brazil, which is also renowned internationally. During the opening of the cycle route, car traffic was closed and the whole lane was reserved to

California longs for an efficient solar cycle route

California longs for an efficient solar cycle route

Bikes perfectly match with solar power. Thanks to SolaRoad, Holland paved the way to solar cycle route. SolaRoad generates solar power through solar panels replacing tarmac and is proving to be more efficient than expected.   “We didn’t “expect a yield as high as this so quickly,” said Sten de Wit, SolaRoad spokesman. Opened few months ago, the solar cycle route

A fistful of dollars for a never-ending environmental disaster

A fistful of dollars for a never-ending environmental disaster

After more than 5 years from the environmental disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, on 20 April 2010, Gulf of Mexico, the British Petroleum (BP) agreed to pay a penalty of 18.7 billion dollars in order to end once for all the legal action the United States and other federal states took after the worst

Quito: The South American capital of Ciclopaseo

Quito: The South American capital of Ciclopaseo

Cycle mobility is expanding in South America too. Ciclopaseo in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is a remarkable example of such expansion. Ciclopaseo is a project supported by Ciclòpolis, a local association aiming to foster urban cycle mobility and sustainable transport in Quito. It is a route of 30 km stretching from the north to the