urban planning

Can Street Art Get San Franciscans to Take Drought Seriously?

Artist Emily Schlickman reveals the city's forgotten waterways in San Francisco's Market Street Prototyping Festival

By Madison Kotack April 9, 2015

In this story: water, art, urban planning, activism, drought

Emily Schlickman reveals San Francisco's forgotten waterways in Market Street's 2015 Prototyping Festival.

Rare Gray Fox Spotted After a Decade

What this fox has to say about the future of the city

By Mikey Jane Moran February 27, 2015

In this story: wildlife, volunteers, national parks, public lands, endangered species

Walkable Neighborhoods Make People Happier

By Della Watson October 30, 2014

In this story: urban planning, health

Will L.A.'s Trapped Mountain Lion Ever Get Out?

A big cat is marooned in Los Angeles. Getting there was dangerous. Getting back might be deadly.

By Bill Gaus November 20, 2014

In this story: wildlife, animals, urban planning, mountain lion

The Cougar Dubbed P22 Roams Griffith Park

Growing, Growing, Gone: Urban Farming Hits the Big Leagues

Stadium food has a new flavor at the first urban garden in pro sports.

By Bill Gaus October 1, 2014

In this story: sports, gardening, urban planning, health, food and drink

How Green Spaces Are Saving Humanity

It’s like the Giving Tree, but in real life.

By Chelsea Leu September 19, 2014

In this story: health, urban planning, science, lifestyle

4 TED Talks That Will Make You Act Now

By Ben Fox July 9, 2014

In this story: education, health, design, technology, urban planning

Innovation Helps Baltimore Clean Up Its Act

By Kathryn Potraz June 24, 2014

In this story: urban planning

Driverless Cars, Greener Cities

By David Ferris March 12, 2014

In this story: design, urban planning, technology, clean energy, activism

Wild Man

By Lee Roscoe March 6, 2014

In this story: urban planning, design, animals

John Davis, Elizabethtown, New York; trekker and scot at TrekWest

Subscribe to Sierra Taxonomy