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Join a Global Dialogue on Green Cities, December 1-3
By Leif Utne, Utne.com
Got a great idea for making cities greener? How about free bicycles for all? Or replacing parking lots with permeable, grassy surfaces? Or growing food on office rooftops? Or paving sidewalks with solar cells? Now's your chance to share your most brilliant (and wacky) insights on urban sustainability. On December 1-3, join the Habitat JAM, a 72-hour global online dialogue in preparation for the third World Urban Forum, which takes place next June in Vancouver.
http://www.habitatjam.com/
http://www.thataway.org/news/archives/000591.html

The Forbes 400: The Richest Americans
By Staff, Forbes.com
Each year Forbes lauds the wealthiest Americans with its list of the flushest 400. It's an instructive and stark look at just how wild the contrast is between them -- with a net worth of $1.13 trillion -- and the rest of us. Here are some stats on the current economic state of the union from the US Census Bureau:

• Real median income in 2003 and 2004: $44,389
• Percent of population living in poverty, 2004: 12.7% (37 million people)
• Percent of population living in poverty, 2003: 12.5% (35.9 million people)
• Number of children (under18) living in poverty in 2004: 13 million.

The Emotional Wardrobe
By Staff, We-Make-Money-Not-Art
Researcher/designer Lisa Stead is taking the phrase 'wearing your heart on your sleeve' to new levels. The garments in her collection, The Emotional Wardrobe, house built-in body sensors that prompt aesthetic changes in their appearances to 'represent and stimulate emotional response.' Stead has even anthropomorphized her pieces, giving them names like Icaris and Desiree and personality tendencies like depression and neediness that further the impression that the clothes have unique, and somewhat troubling, personalities. -- Rose Miller
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/007434.php

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