RESILIENT CITIES

1. Use the following link to find out about "Resilient cities" , a good website to help you talk about urban living in the future - IDEA OF PROGRESS

http://www.nola.gov/resilience/

2. This worksheet will help you  select the information you need to discuss this topic

RESILIENT CITIES

http://www.nola.gov/resilience/

1. What is a resilent city ? To find out, click on 100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation

Ø  What organization initiated the program ?

Ø  What is the goal of the program?

Ø  How is “URBAN RESILIENCE” defined?

Ø  Examples of “chronic stresses” and “acute shcocks’ that cities have to withstand

2. RESILIENT NEW ORLEANS: click on the link  http://resilientnola.org/

VISIONS FOR 2050

Ø  Adapt to thrive (= to prosper) : definition of the concept + 2or 3 examples

Ø  Connect to opportunity : definition of the concept + 2or 3 examples

Ø  Transform city system: definition of the concept + 2or 3 examples

FUTURISTIC CITIES AND LIFESTYLES

Check out the following links to prepare your oral presentation

8 ideas for the future of cities

http://blog.ted.com/8-ideas-for-the-future-of-cities/

7 Futuristic floating cities that could save humanity

http://inhabitat.com/7-futuristic-floating-cities-that-could-save-humanity/

Japan Releases Plans For Futuristic Underwater Cities By 2030

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/11/25/plans-for-future-underwater-cities-in-japan-by-2030/

This Futuristic Floating City Could Become A Reality In China

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-may-build-this-floating-city-2014-5?IR=T

10 Cities That Are Shaping The Future Of Urban Living

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/11/future-cities-urban-planning_n_7222018.html

Tiny House Movement: Affordable Housing Revolution

http://tinyhousetalk.com/tiny-house-movement/

BOSTON ARCHITECTS EVISION FLOATING CITIES

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzSRRVbPIyY

Progress- Some useful vocabulary to discuss environmental issues

THE ENVIRONMENT

an environmental issue

an environmentalist = un écologiste

wind power = énergie éolienne

solar power

a wind turbine = une éolienne

renewable energy

sustainable development = durable

to save energy / to waste energy = économiser/gaspiller

an eco-friendly measure, solution, initiative, product = ,,, respectueux de l'environement

a shortage of , a scarcity of = pénurie

scarce = rare

climate change

global warming

a heatwave = vague de chaleur

greenhouse effect = effet de serre

a drought = sêcheresse

a flood = inondation

to be flooded = être inondé

to melt / to thaw = fondre

rising sea levels la montée du nvieau de la mer

the sea levels are rising: le niveu de,,, monte

the melting of the icecaps = fonte de la calotte glaciaire

the icecaps are melting: sont en train de fondre

a natural disaster (earthquake, tsunami, flooding)

a man-made disaster = catastrophe provoquée par l'homme,

human activity

an environmental disaster (oil spill = marée noire...)

an endangered (animal) species = espèces en voie de disparition

to become extinct / to disapppear = être en voie de disparition

to jeopardise / to endanger = mettre en danger

harmful = nocif, néfaste (harmless = inoffensif)

PROGRESS - QUOTES

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Frederick Douglass

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

Marie Curie

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Albert Einstein

Humanity is just a work in progress.

Tennessee Williams

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Nicholas M. Butler

The Beginner's Guide To New Orleans - Video

A great introduction to New Orleans as a start off or The Idea Of Progress

Dear Future Generations Prince ea

Watch the following video as a good illustration of The Idea Of Progress

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M