New Cities Foundation | New Cities Foundation http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org Fostering urban innovation through partnership Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 My Life My City with Stefan Geens http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/my-life-my-city-with-stefan-geens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-life-my-city-with-stefan-geens http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/my-life-my-city-with-stefan-geens/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:55 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5903 This Week: Stefan Geens, creative technologist at Söderhavet, Stockholm, Sweden New Cities Foundation – Please describe in your own words – My city tastes / smells / feels / looks / sounds like Stefan Geens - How a city smells is, to me, its single strongest property — and the one …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/my-life-my-city-with-stefan-geens/feed/ 0 Tweet Chat #2 – Participate http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/tweet-chat-2-participate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tweet-chat-2-participate http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/tweet-chat-2-participate/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 09:28:56 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5874 In our second Tweet Chat dedicated to our New Cities Summit, we asked how we can Participate in A Human City. What kind of role can citizens, governments and industries play in fostering participation? Our Tweet Chat participants introduced a number of examples of citizens collaborating to make a city better: Transition Towns Movement …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/apps-from-israel-us-and-india-make-it-to-finalist-stage-of-appmycity-prize/feed/ 0 O prefeito de São Paulo, Fernando Haddad, e a prefeita de Santiago, Carolina Toha, farão parte do painel de palestrantes do New Cities Summit http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/o-prefeito-de-sao-paulo-fernando-haddad-e-a-prefeita-de-santiago-carolina-toha-farao-parte-do-painel-de-palestrantes-do-new-cities-summit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=o-prefeito-de-sao-paulo-fernando-haddad-e-a-prefeita-de-santiago-carolina-toha-farao-parte-do-painel-de-palestrantes-do-new-cities-summit http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/o-prefeito-de-sao-paulo-fernando-haddad-e-a-prefeita-de-santiago-carolina-toha-farao-parte-do-painel-de-palestrantes-do-new-cities-summit/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 15:09:30 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5857 A New Cities Foundation anunciou hoje os nomes de 24 especialistas baseados na América Latina que liderarão as discussões no New Cities Summit em São Paulo, entre os dias 4 a 6 de junho. No topo da lista estão Fernando Haddad, prefeito de São Paulo, e Carolina Toha, prefeita de …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/o-prefeito-de-sao-paulo-fernando-haddad-e-a-prefeita-de-santiago-carolina-toha-farao-parte-do-painel-de-palestrantes-do-new-cities-summit/feed/ 0 My Life My City with Daniel Libeskind http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/my-life-my-city-with-daniel-libeskind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-life-my-city-with-daniel-libeskind http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/my-life-my-city-with-daniel-libeskind/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 07:02:42 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5779 This week: Daniel Libeskind, Leading architect and New Cities Foundation Trustee, New York City New Cities Foundation – Please describe in your own words – My city tastes / smells / feels / looks / sounds like Daniel Libeskind – New York is a fantastically diverse city. It has the taste …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/my-life-my-city-with-daniel-libeskind/feed/ 0 Mayor Haddad of São Paulo and Mayor Toha of Santiago de Chile join New Cities Summit speaker panel http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/new-cities-summit-2013-mayor-haddad-of-sao-paulo-and-mayor-toha-of-santiago-de-chile-join-international-speaker-panel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-cities-summit-2013-mayor-haddad-of-sao-paulo-and-mayor-toha-of-santiago-de-chile-join-international-speaker-panel http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/new-cities-summit-2013-mayor-haddad-of-sao-paulo-and-mayor-toha-of-santiago-de-chile-join-international-speaker-panel/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 06:37:30 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5824 Today we announced the names of 24 Latin America-based experts who will be leading debates at our New Cities Summit in São Paulo, this June 4-6. Headlining this new list of speakers are Mayor Fernando Haddad of Sao Paulo and Mayor Carolina Toha of Santiago de Chile. Other key names include Thomas A. Shannon, …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/new-cities-summit-2013-mayor-haddad-of-sao-paulo-and-mayor-toha-of-santiago-de-chile-join-international-speaker-panel/feed/ 0 Urban E-health Project in Rio: First Findings Announced http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/urban-e-health-project-in-rio-first-findings-announced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=urban-e-health-project-in-rio-first-findings-announced http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/urban-e-health-project-in-rio-first-findings-announced/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 10:50:39 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5733 We just announced the findings of our major Urban E-health Project, which is part of a Task Force looking at the potential impact of e-health technology in the world’s poorest urban areas. The findings mark the end of an 18-month long pilot project that we ran in Santa Marta, an …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/urban-e-health-project-in-rio-first-findings-announced/feed/ 0 Projeto urbano de E-health no Rio: primeiros achados anunciados http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/projeto-urbano-de-e-health-no-rio-primeiros-achados-anunciados/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=projeto-urbano-de-e-health-no-rio-primeiros-achados-anunciados http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/projeto-urbano-de-e-health-no-rio-primeiros-achados-anunciados/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 10:45:51 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5754 Acabamos de anunciar os achados de nosso grande Projeto Urbano de E-health, o qual é parte da Força Tarefa que olha para o potencial impacto da tecnologia de e-health nas áreas mais pobres do mundo. Os achados marcam o final de um projeto piloto de 18 meses que conduzimos em …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/projeto-urbano-de-e-health-no-rio-primeiros-achados-anunciados/feed/ 0 Tweet Chat #1 – BUILD http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/tweet-chat-1-build/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tweet-chat-1-build http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/tweet-chat-1-build/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 06:20:18 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5679   We are so used to living in cities that we tend to forget their inherent artificiality. They are built by humans, but are they built for humans? Ahead of this year’s New Cities Summit we’ve begun hosting weekly tweet chat sessions exploring the notion of The Human City. Last week, in our …

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]]> http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/tweet-chat-1-build/feed/ 0 Making of the Urban (co)LAB E-health Film http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/making-of-the-urban-colab-e-health-film/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-of-the-urban-colab-e-health-film http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/index.php/making-of-the-urban-colab-e-health-film/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 10:00:51 +0000 Keziah Plummer http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/?p=5492 Set in an underserved community in the heart of Rio where tight alleys, steep hills and population density can block access to health services, the New Cities Foundation’s Urban (co)LAB Task Force is filmed in action for a short documentary. The film portrays the improved access to healthcare made possible by mobile health …

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