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From CBC Radio Ideas with Paul Kennedy —Walking Matters

Ever since our ancestors rose to their feet, our species has been defined by walking upright. But the act involves our minds as well as our bodies. We interpret the act of walking, and give it our stamp - from ramblers to Rousseau, from models and tramps to Buddhist monks. In this two-part series, Marilyn Powell explores the world of walking and what it means to us. More at: Walking Matters, Part 1 | Ideas with Paul Kennedy | CBC Radio Audio: Part One Part Two

From The National Film Board — The World Around us: 7 Films About Architecture and the Built Environment

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Attractive and accessible booklet describes how cities can become more sustainable through better transport planning. http://t.co/lf4gZH7q9T

— Todd Litman (@LitmanVTPI) February 20, 2014

Must-watch — Jan Gehl The Human Scale

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Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges and Community Amenity Contributions @CS_SFU http://t.co/5sQhyHhePf

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@DowntownCharles @BrentToderian @downtownpaul We'd kill with this one: http://t.co/ff8RNWnuw8 (thank you Malvina Reynolds!)
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From the National Film Board — Highrise: The Towers in the World, The World in the Towers

Interactive views from the global highrise. A 360° National Film Board documentary by Katerina Cizek. You see them all over the world. Concrete residential highrise buildings are the most commonly built form of the last century. On the outside they all look the same. But inside these towers of concrete and glass, people create community, art and meaning.  An Emmy-winning, multi-year, many-media, collaborative documentary experiment at the National Film Board of Canada, that explores vertical living around the world. More at: Highrise

Maximum City — A Curriculum and Research Project in Sustainable Urban Design For High School Students

Maximum City is an award-winning curriculum and research project in sustainable urban design for high school students. For the past two summers, select students from a variety of schools across the Greater Toronto Area have worked together with leading experts in architecture, design, transit, and civic engagement to tackle real-life sustainability challenges and planning issues. The unique lessons and expert learning modules developed in the summer program are currently being taught to a broader cohort of students as part of their in-school curriculum. Read more... maximumcity.ca |

From polis — TEDx Tackles the Future of Cities

Photo of the Manhattan Bridge leading to DUMBO is from Nowy Dziennik.

Cities around the world are constantly throwing up new questions: How can we ensure adequate housing for all? How can we live more sustainably? How can we live harmoniously in increasingly multiethnic environments? The questions are almost limitless, and it can be hard for those in the urban field to keep up.

I live in DUMBO, a Brooklyn neighborhood named for its location "Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass." As one of the world's most concentrated areas of technology, design and urban startups, DUMBO has been a veritable laboratory of answers to urban questions. Read more: polis: TEDx Tackles the Future of Cities

Caine's Arcade 2: The Global Cardboard Challenge & Imagination Foundation

Caine's Arcade 1: http://www.thesidewalkballet.com/2012/04/caines-cardboard-arcade-in-east-la.html

Funded by kickstarter.com — RoominateThe Toy that Makes Every Young Girl an Artist, an Engineer, an Architect, And a Visionary!

From Flavorwire ― The Most Beautiful and Imaginative Public Schools in the World

Architects and local governments around the world are now fighting the good fight against dismal, uninspiring schools and the groundbreaking results are re-shaping the learning experience for our future generations. From a colorful kindergarten in Slovenia made out of toy planks that lets kids play with and manipulate their environment to a high school breeding a new generation of environmentalists...

More at: Flavorwire » The Most Beautiful and Imaginative Public Schools in the World