The current and growing focus on creating life-sized cities involves all manner of tools and areas of interest. A healthy, intelligent transport form like cycling has obviously a primary focus for me in my work in over 100 cities, but the picture is always bigger. Providing city dwellers with a…

War zones offer up experiences that you don’t get anywhere else. Sensory experiences that will stay with you. I have spent six months in…

After all these years, this is still one of the most rewarding projects I’ve worked on, even though it has now ended. I was invited to speak in Sao Paulo, Brazil by the City and had the opportunity to meet with the then Secretary of Education for the city —…

So I fell down the rabbit hole. Headfirst. As a creator and a photographer, I have been following the emerging progress of AI art creation through articles on the internet with interest and my curiosity got the better of me. I’m cautious about the impact this will have on creative…

The story of Slavutych, Ukraine — the last city built by the Soviet Union to house employees of Chernobyl

My luggage is an important part of my life and I spend far too much time thinking about it. And then I started thinking “I wonder what the most sustainable luggage brands are?” And here we are. When you travel as much as I do, it’s hard to get around plastic when looking for durability in my choice of luggage. Over the past decade I have had a number of luggage sets. I like my suitcases to be sleek and stylish but also just non-descript and functional.

If navigating the growing market for sustainable products seems sometimes daunting, then the massive sunscreen market can feel like a confusing minefield peppered with glossy marketing and greenwashing. Let me just get this out there: every year, 14,000 tons of sunscreen ends up in the world’s oceans. You rub it on to protect your skin and then you take a swim — or have a shower later — and wash it all off. Far too many sunscreens contain…

What is a home exchange? Before I tell you about Behomm — the coolest home exchange community I know, let’s just cover the concept. It’s refreshingly simple. You stay at my place for free and I stay at yours for free. It’s a non-commercial transaction where two parties essentially barter with their homes. The cost…

The conversation about the destructive nature of overtourism had been increasing steadily — and then the pandemic hit. Cities emptied around the world. The citizens who had been fighting against overtourism could all of a sudden see what victory might look like. …