Redesigning Cities Could Solve Our Biggest Problems. But We're Hardly Talking About Them.

Name: Redesigning Cities Could Solve Our Biggest Problems. But We're Hardly Talking About Them.
Uploaded: 2015-07-01T07:19:34
Duration: 4 min

Cities are the biggest thing we create. But when we talk about sustainability, there is still surprisingly little discussion about how our cities are designed as a whole.

This is a clip from 2012: Time For Change (2010). Watch the full film for free online here or via Hulu. You can buy the DVD here.

For more info on eco-cities, we highly recommend checking out Richard Register's website: http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/

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