http://ecopolisnow.com the city can change the world Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/the-ecopolis-logo/ http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/the-ecopolis-logo/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:05:58 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/the-ecopolis-logo/ http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/the-ecopolis-logo/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/christie-walk-wins-silver-ryutaro-hashimoto-apfed-award-for-good-practice/ http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/christie-walk-wins-silver-ryutaro-hashimoto-apfed-award-for-good-practice/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:01:50 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/christie-walk-wins-silver-apfed-award-for-good-practice/ http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/christie-walk-wins-silver-ryutaro-hashimoto-apfed-award-for-good-practice/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/my-favourite-thought-experiment/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/my-favourite-thought-experiment/#comments Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:17:07 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/my-favourite-thought-experiment/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/my-favourite-thought-experiment/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/roads-to-ecopolis-1-climate-place/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/roads-to-ecopolis-1-climate-place/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:35:53 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/roads-to-ecopolis-1-climate-place/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/roads-to-ecopolis-1-climate-place/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/commentary/christie-walk-some-firsts/ http://ecopolisnow.com/commentary/christie-walk-some-firsts/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:25:46 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/commentary/christie-walk-some-firsts/ Christie Walk is the first development of its kind in an Australian city. It can lay claim to a number of substantial firsts:]]> http://ecopolisnow.com/commentary/christie-walk-some-firsts/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/ecopolis-now-the-1991-article/ http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/ecopolis-now-the-1991-article/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:02:23 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/2006/07/11/ecopolis-now-the-1991-article/ Habitat Australia, Volume 19 Number 4 August 1991 I introduced the idea of 'Ecopolis' (from Eco -- ecological, Polis -- self-governing city), an eco-city concept based on principles of ecological sustainability, bioregional integrity and social equity.]]> http://ecopolisnow.com/articles/ecopolis-now-the-1991-article/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/ecopolis-now-the-original/ http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/ecopolis-now-the-original/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:14:13 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/2006/06/27/ecopolis-now-the-original/ original 'Ecopolis Now!' article can find it in Habitat Australia Volume 19 Number 4 August 1991 p.22-28, published by the Australian Conservation Foundation. Or you can just bounce over to the 're-print' here at ecopolisnow.com.]]> http://ecopolisnow.com/ephemera/ecopolis-now-the-original/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/commentary/new-scientist-beguiling-but-error-prone/ http://ecopolisnow.com/commentary/new-scientist-beguiling-but-error-prone/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:00:46 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/2006/06/27/placeholder-post/ New Scientist of 17 June. There has been a good deal of seminal work by far more people than Fred Pearce mentions, but he has done a fair job of bringing together most of the key issues that define an Ecopolis (and the front cover illustration was terrific!). What I can't understand is why he misrepresents Christopher Alexander as an advocate for inflexible cities that deny the value of neighbourhoods.]]> http://ecopolisnow.com/commentary/new-scientist-beguiling-but-error-prone/feed/ http://ecopolisnow.com/sketchbook/ecopolis-now-escape-from-the-cities-of-boiling-frogs/ http://ecopolisnow.com/sketchbook/ecopolis-now-escape-from-the-cities-of-boiling-frogs/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 1990 05:58:05 +0000 Paul Downton http://ecopolisnow.com/sketchbook/ecopolis-now-escape-from-the-cities-of-boiling-frogs/ http://ecopolisnow.com/sketchbook/ecopolis-now-escape-from-the-cities-of-boiling-frogs/feed/