Vegetable garden plant vitality is at the heart of all striving for a consistently productive and healthy food garden. Yet it is a concept that is not really discussed. I feel this is because it represents the synergy of many factors in the practice of growing vegetables. What is plant vitality? In essence, ideal vegetable…
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Bike pogies have arrived. In the ever-evolving landscape of bicycle commuting, bicyclists are constantly seeking new solutions to enhance the experience, especially during colder seasons. A rising trend gaining traction in cities is the adoption of bike pogies – versatile hand covers designed to keep cyclists warm and comfortable during chilly rides with roots in…
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A living laboratory is an important tool for edible ecological education. Not only can it demonstrate good food-plant design, possibilities for diversified landscape management and site-suitable plants for your region, a living laboratory can also provide unique education opportunities to suit the sites where they are installed. What Is an Edible Living Laboratory? Edible living…
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We are thrilled to present our tenth annual recap of 2024, which features the most impactful street art murals of the year. To create this recap, we carefully selected one mural from each month that had the most significant impact and featured it in our editorial. Click on any month to explore the full editorial…
To mark the publication of new contributions to our Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History series, we will feature interviews with authors and share short excerpts from their work. Here, series co-editor Joseph Ben Prestel interviews Alexia Yates, the author of our second Element, Real Estate and Global Urban History (2021). Alexia Yates is Senior…
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A possible legacy of the coronavirus pandemic is the accelerated advancement of sustainability goals, which are mostly things we should have been addressing before the ongoing societal disruptions. One chapter in this story is increasing interest in the “15-minute city” or “neighborhood” as the next urban development agenda. This idea hit the headlines after the…
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Home fashion week Romance Was Born Pre-Fall 2025 Lookbook By Blair Villanueva 6:10:00 PM Romance Was Born has unveiled its Spring Summer 2025 collection, showcasing its signature blend of creativity, nostalgia, and craftsmanship. Presented as a lookbook, the collection draws inspiration from the brand’s Spring 2025 show, which took over Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art pop-up…
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839: Jeremy Chevalier on Food Forest Innovations. Building food in our everyday landscapes.. In This Podcast: The podcast features Jeremy Chevalier, a Phoenix native and serial entrepreneur, who is pioneering urban food forest initiatives with his charity, Homegrown, aiming to combat food shortages by promoting regenerative agriculture and self-sufficient communities. Jeremy discusses his journey from…
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Driving Communist-era Trabants in Dresden, climbing Bolt Tower in Ostrava (yes, it is named after Usain!) and attending a literary festival in Kosice… Josh Ferry-Woodard journeys to Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia by train. Dresden: Dolls & a Trabant Safari “Anarchists and bohemians made this neighbourhood what it is today,” our guide Christoph explained as…
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes In many parts of the country, blizzards are relatively rare events. A blizzard is defined as a combination of heavy snow, low temperatures creating “powder” snow and wind speeds in excess of 35 mph. The combination not only results in heavy snowfall accumulations but the cold temperatures and high winds…
