The magic of Bicing: bike-sharing in Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 Barcelona’s bike-sharing program launched in early 2007 with 1500 communal bikes. Before long 90,000 had bought a yearly pass and …
Bicing Barcelona: éxito del alquiler público de bicicletas by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 El nuevo sistema de alquiler de bicicletas instaurado por Barcelona, Bicing, es todo un éxito. En los primeros dos meses …
Tener un huerto en la terraza: Horturbà by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 ¿Tienes un balcón de, al menos, 140×70 cm? La empresa barcelonesa Tarpuna cree que los urbanitas no tienen excusa: sólo …
How to build furniture from used chopsticks by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 How many chopsticks get wasted every day in your city? That was the question Barcelona-based designers Loida and Hernâni of …
Geo-ingeniería y propuestas disruptoras para ciudades verdes by Nicolás Boullosa on May 29, 2009 El exquisito Barça de Pep Guardiola no sólo está restando últimamente portadas a rencillas políticas y consecuencias de la crisis …
Train nation: when a train beats a plane by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2009 A vast and fast network of rails is going up across Spain and soon the train may be the dominant …
Barcelona Reykjavik, pan con espelta y levadura tradicional by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2009 “Queremos recuperar los orígenes del pan y buscamos los ingredientes adecuados en la naturaleza”. La panadería Barcelona Reykjavik, en el …
How Barcelona is slowly becoming a cyclist's city by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2009 While only 3.5% of Spaniards cycle every day, in one year- 2007- daily use in Barcelona jumped by 81%. Most …
How Bicing changed the way Barcelona moves by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 While the United States continues to dither with small-scale programs in Washington DC, San Francisco, New York and Denver (Denver …
Discovering the suburban American Dream outside Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on May 6, 2009 I returned to my adolescence this weekend, to a typical upscale American suburb, without even leaving greater Barcelona. Until setting …
