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Smog suffocates Beijing and paralyzes the airport

Smog covered Beijing. Air traffic went haywire yesterday morning. 80 delayed flights and 43 canceled flights due to poor visibility He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him It's […]

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Drive away forever from the center of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda

Until August, the Central Business District was a choked area with high levels of smog, noise, chaos and confusion. Now the heart of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, has turned into a pedestrian's paradise. The area has been off-limits to cars forever He […]

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The beautiful free urban mini libraries for bookcrossing (PHOTO)

Would you like to walk down the street and find a nice little library where you can stop and get a free book? Architects, designers and students who participated in the Little free library design competition took care of it. You […]

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Starpath: a path of stars to light up the streets for free

Starpath. A path of stars to illuminate streets and sidewalks for free. Here is the proposal from Pro-Teq, a UK company that is committed to devising a project to obtain energy at no cost. It is Starpath, a starry surface that can be applied to […]

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Record of smog and in New Delhi the 'Oxygen bars' open where Indians pay to breathe clean air

In New Delhi, India, one of the most polluted cities in the world, the 'Oxygen bars' open, where you can shelter from smog and take a breath of clean air. He is about to end up run over, his mother […]

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In this city you can turn your plastic waste into 3D printed benches

Transforming plastic waste into benches and street furniture thanks to 3D printing. Recycling and new technologies shake hands in Thessaloniki, Greece, where the "Print your city" project is underway Print […]

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Arbre à Vent, the wind tree that produces electricity thanks to the wind

A tree, even children know, the cradle of life with the production of oxygen and fruit. Inspired precisely by the ability of trees to produce, to generate something useful to man, a French engineer has been working for about three years on a very […]

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Smart city: the 10 greenest and most people-friendly ideas for cities

The cities in which we will live, thanks to their being smart, will have solutions capable of reducing pollution and changing our habits in a sustainable way. Some of these technologies already exist and have been awarded at the Smart City Exhibition, […]

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The 10 countries in the world where people live better and are worth moving to

If you are among the people who want to change cities, International Living's ranking of the ten countries in the world where you live best is to help you, for a variety of reasons. Let's see which ones. He […]

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Solar Roadways: crowdfunding to replace asphalt with photovoltaic panels

Abandon the asphalt and use special photovoltaic panels on roads around the world. This is the idea of Scott and Julie Brusaw, an old acquaintance of ours. The two spouses, in fact, already in 2010 announced the Solar Roadways project which […]

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10 simple ways to transform your city and make it more beautiful

Is it possible to transform one's city by making it more beautiful? Definitely yes, because if it is true that in recent years we have seen some urban centers worsen due to illegal building, poor maintenance and sometimes rudeness of citizens, […]

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Urban Air: hanging mini-forests with billboards

To transform billboard platforms into suspended green spaces on the streets, to improve the urban landscape and monitor the air quality in the city. This is the idea behind the innovative Urban Air project, by Los Angeles artist Stephen Glassman, […]

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Green spaces in the city reduce the rates of violence

According to a recent study, contact with nature is associated with a stronger sense of society and lower crime rates. Spend […]

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The beautiful bird houses camouflaged in cities around the world

Recycling and street art, these are the ingredients of the success of the artist Thomas Dambo who creates beautiful houses for birds that are able to blend perfectly with the surrounding environment. Recycling […]

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The Apocalypse is here, in San Paulo it becomes night due to too much smoke (and nitrogen monoxide) that comes from the fires in the Amazon

The city of Sao Paulo is engulfed in smoke from Amazon forest fires and carried thousands of miles by the wind He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him - […]

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The colorful literary benches with the characters of the bestsellers (PHOTO)

From 'Mary Poppins' to 'Bridget Jones's Diary', from 'Around the World in Eighty Days' to 'Time Machine' and so on, the most beautiful bestsellers ever are transformed into literary benches, thanks to a promoted installation by the National Literacy […]

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Sydney again shrouded in smoke and more polluted than ever: values 12 times over the threshold

The thick and dense smoke that envelops the city of Sydney is causing high pollution that endangers the health of the population He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him Sydney […]

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In London, a Victorian ex-toilet cafe

Who would want to enjoy a delicious sandwich or a good cup of coffee in the bathroom? Probably none. But for two English people, Pete Tomlinson and Ben Russell, this was such a great idea that they decided to open a very original café right inside […]

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El Alto: the city of the strange and colorful palaces of the Aymara indigenous people (PHOTO)

Looking at it from above, the Bolivian city of El Alto looks like a long colored carpet made up of thousands of low houses that are lost in the horizon. Looking […]

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Arianna arrives in Milan, the first balcony vase that measures smog and unites citizens in the fight against pollution

Arianna is the first hi-tech vase capable of monitoring the level of smog in Milan created by five young engineers from the Polytechnic. He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him A […]