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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a follow-up to Catalyst’s first article on the High Line Park in 2008, Manhattan’s “Park in the Sky” has taken the world by storm. This past June, …
Why is it so hard for people to embrace obviously good changes? Is it simply matter of motivation?
In Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Stones Throw Urban Farm (STUF) is transforming unloved and unused plots of land into sources of food for their co ...
Having gained independence only 20 years ago, Namibia is a nation in transition. The future of the southern African country is challenged by resource ...
Below the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in Red Hook Brooklyn, a small group of designers are changing an unwelcoming and industrial landscape for the better. The Artist Build Collaborative comprised of ...
People utilize social media for all sorts of reasons. Whether it’s generating buzz for your business or building a following for your weekend garage band, social media can be beneficial ...
Since its economic reform in 1978, China’s social, economic, and political environment has greatly improved. However, it is still challenged by polarized development. Urban citizens enjoy a higher standard of ...
For the past 21 years, design has been at the core of Sean’s personal and professional life. It wasn’t until 2002, upon his enrolling in the Design Management program, ...
Japan, along with the rest of the world, is united in the common goal of designing an economic recovery that can enable communities to re-imagine the good life in challenging and changing conditions.
In 2001, Kiran Bir Sethi founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India. Her vision was to design a school’s curriculum that empowered children to be active in shaping their lives and to ultimately help them be confident and responsible ...
Thailand has recently found itself in the violent throws of the worst floods they have seen in past seventy-five years, with some experts predicting that it could last until December ...
A special project lead by SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihood) attempts to use a new type of public toilets to address Haiti’s devastating sanitation issues. SOIL hopes that not only will their ...
