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Bright Green Cities

Nov 4th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

Why is it so hard to change our cities, even when it’s obvious to everyone that things need to change? Maybe we’re just looking at things the wrong way.



Land of Opportunity

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

Scenes from a new film on post-Katrina New Orleans, which chronicles the city’s troubled attempts to deal with its destruction, while planning its reconstruction.



Israel Expels African Refugees from Tel Aviv

Aug 4th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

Photo by Oren Ziv, courtesy of Activestills.org.
This past weekend, a couple friends and I helped four Sudanese families move out of Tel Aviv. We rented a van (which of course broke down mid-move), loaded up their possessions along with some furniture donated by several kind people, and set off for Nazareth, Hadera and Ashdod – [...]



Refuge, Yes… But Not in Tel Aviv

Jul 18th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

A few days after T and S, refugees from South Sudan, had their first daughter, they were forced to leave Tel Aviv. By Florentine Lempp.



Refugees Keep Out!

Jun 29th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

Israel’s new point man on refugee issues spouts some pretty shocking opinions in an interview with Haaretz.



Mayor, Meet the Greens

May 10th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

A rapprochement (perhaps) in Tel Aviv.



Tel Aviv’s Blurry Eco-Vision

Apr 26th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

“These days we are definitely green, we’re just not quite sure what that means yet.”



After 12 Year Campaign, Tel Aviv Gets a New Park

Apr 26th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

A rendering of the future park. (Image by Studio 36, via citydov.org.)
“Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard,” sang Coldplay.
For a group of neighbors in central Tel Aviv, who set out over a decade ago to transform an abandoned lot in their neighborhood into a park, no [...]



Obama Unveils Vision for High-Speed Rail

Apr 18th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

Finally, a plan to build fast trains in America.



Down Down Bashir!

Apr 13th, 2009 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Uncategorized

Darfur refugees living in Tel Aviv demonstrate in favor of the decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. A photo essay by Daniel Cherrin.