“Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa.” ThinkingHelpingEnergyCitiesCarMajorsMassProgramIndiaTinyFinanceDevelopingPollutionElectricAdoptionBrazilAccommodateRenewable EnergyGridsCongestionElectric Car Author:Ginni Rometty
“If you thrive on the city energy it is necessary to leave the city frequently and to walk in parks, to get away from people. You are more sensitive than you realize. Find a spot that makes you happy.” PeopleIfsEnergyNatureRealizingWalksCitiesBuddhismSpotsSensitiveParksThriveGet AwayMake You HappyWalks In The Park Author:Frederick Lenz
“... Nashville is such a fantastic city, with this great creative music energy. Then there's that Southern hospitality, you can't beat that.” EnergyCitiesCreativeBeatsFantasticSouthernHospitalityNashvilleCreative Music Author:Sam Palladio
“It is an art form to hate New York City properly. So far I have always been a featherweight debunker of New York; it takes too much energy and endurance to record the infinite number of ways the city offends me.” WayArtFormHateEnergyNumbersCitiesRecordsToo MuchNew YorkInfiniteEnduranceNew York City Book:The Prince of Tides: A Novel Source: The Prince of Tides: A Novel
“This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating.” PeopleFeelingsWantedEnergyCitiesWeekStreetsNew YorkOriginalsNew York CitySkatingSkatesStomping Author:Ryan Sheckler
“You really do have to wonder whether a few years from now we’ll look back at the first decade of the 21st century — when food prices spiked, energy prices soared, world population surged, tornados plowed through cities, floods and droughts set records, populations were displaced and governments were threatened by the confluence of it all — and ask ourselves: What were we thinking? How did we not panic when the evidence was so obvious that we’d crossed some growth/climate/natural resource/population redlines all at once?” ThinkingWorldYearsFirstsLooksGovernmentAsksEnergyGrowthNaturalCitiesWonderRecordsCenturyEvidenceResourcesClimatePopulationObviousDecadesPanicFlood21st CenturyThreatenedNatural ResourcesDroughtWorld PopulationConfluence Author:Thomas Friedman
“For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but those are a fraction of the impacts of transportation and building energy use. If we need to choose priority actions, the most important things are to densify, provide transit, and green the buildings.” IfsNeedsImportantUseActionEnergyCitiesTalkingBuildingGreenImportant ThingsImpactPatternsPrioritiesEtcGoodsConsumptionCarbonTransportationFractionsEnergy Use Author:Alex Steffen
“I love New York City for its energy. Pebble Beach, Carmel Beach and that all area, for its completely laid back energy. Paris for the charm, shopping and the glamour.” EnergyCitiesNew YorkAreasBeachParisCharmNew York CityShoppingGlamourPebblesLaid BackI Love New YorkPebble Beach Author:Eva LaRue
“As the world's "most dynamic" cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions.” WorldStatesEnergyGrowthCitiesShareDesignBuildingOffersProjectsSmartSolutionsSafetyCleanEnvironmentalLocalsManageCodeOfficialsEfficientUrbanInnovativeTransportationMayorsClean EnergyGridsUrban Design Author:Robert Hormats
“To save energy, New York City is now dimming the lights of the skyscrapers and the skyline at night. There's a bad side to this. If you need Batman, you have to text him.” IfsNeedsLightNightEnergySidesCitiesNew YorkNew York CitySkyscraperSkylinesSaving Energy Author:David Letterman
“Already renewable energy advocates are noting that the 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between Yosemite and the city could be fitted with enough solar panels to generate at least 40 megawatts per year - a proposal the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has never seriously considered because they currently aren’t required to do so.” WayYearsEnoughEnergyCitiesMilesSan FranciscoProposalUtilityRenewable EnergyYosemiteSolar Panels Author:Matt Gonzalez
“The city (regardless which one it is) does provide a certain degree of sophistication and intellectualism. It offers the challenge of professional matters. It throws new and interesting people in one's path. There is a dynamic and an energy in cities which is diametric to the life-forces of the forest. Still the cabin is the wellspring, the source, the hub of my existence. It gives me tranquility, a closeness of nature and wildlife, good health and fitness, a sense of security, the opportunity for resourcefulness, reflection and creative thinking.” PeopleThinkingGivingDoeStillsMatterCertainOpportunityEnergyForceChallengesInterestingCitiesExistenceCreativePathSecuritySourceOffersDegreesReflectionGive MeForestsGood LifeTranquilityWildlifeGood HealthClosenessSophisticationIntellectualismCreative ThinkingCabinsHealth And FitnessResourcefulnessHubWellspring Author:Anne LaBastille
“I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.” EnergyCitiesNew YorkMy FavoriteLondonParisToughnessRioRio De JaneiroFavorite City Author:Lapo Elkann
“Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities over the next decades will largely determine whether we can deliver a bright green future.” UseNextEnergyCitiesEconomyDemandResourcesGreenClimateDetermineDecadesEmissionsGlobal EconomyEnergy Use Author:Alex Steffen
“Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping trips to buy stuff that'll spend a few short months in our homes and long centuries in our landfills.” LongHomeBigsEnergyStuffPowerfulCitiesPracticeCenturyCarBuildingMonthsOffersBillsShoppingStubbornLandfills Author:Alex Steffen
“Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.” IfsWorldUsedEnergyWealthLossResultsCitiesIssuesEvolveConsiderationOur WorldGeographyBiodiversityCongestionRedesign Author:Jack Dangermond
“Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities - especially visually - with a constant influx of young energy arriving daily. I love it.” StillsInspirationYoungEnergyCitiesFailingInspireConstantSan FranciscoArriving Author:Barry McGee
“[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a city like New York could Truman Capote have made it, or John Simon.” IfsMadeSelfEnergyCitiesNew YorkWorshipSelf ConfidenceMade ItIncompetenceParanoidTruman Author:Gore Vidal
“Our message will be that we're going to make federal government buildings a model - an energy-efficient model - and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.” GovernmentEnergyCitiesBuildingMessagesModelsGrantsEfficientFederal GovernmentCountyMatching Author:Barbara Boxer