Opinion
Flower Power
Solar flowers are popping up all over the world, proving that it’s easy—and beautiful—being green.
A Window to the World
In 2021, a Lithuanian artist created a set of large-scale urban portals to allow people from one country to interact in real time with strangers in another. Now he’s expanding. Let’s greet our global neighbors too.
Art for Earth’s Sake
We’re green with civic envy. With Earth Day coming up on April 22, now is the perfect time for Sacramento to follow the lead of those around the world creating public art from recycled materials.
This Is Not a Tomato
When is a tomato not just a tomato? When it’s also a lifeline. There are many good reasons to start a garden in Sacramento, where a temperate climate and plentiful sunlight can help even the most horticulturally challenged amateurs among us grow our own food and infuse our surroundings with color and beauty. But we can harvest life lessons too. With a little patience and a lot of love, here’s how one local gardener used the hobby to start his life over, and what we can all learn from a humble effort to cultivate something new.
Cops Who Hop
Police departments all over the West are converting police cars into lowriders to strengthen community relations. This is an idea that Sacramento should be jumping up and down about too.
Tops of the Town
In 2010, a new kind of swivel chair emerged, serving dual purposes—providing attractive seating, but also acting as a people magnet in cities around the world. It’s time for Sacramento to make heads turn too.
A Lightbulb Moment
In recent decades, light festivals have become increasingly popular ways for cities around the world to create cultural attractions and boost tourism. Time to flip the switch here too.
People-Powered Art
From Iowa City to Boston and beyond, interactive art installations are drawing crowds to experience art firsthand. Sacramento should get in on the action too.
A Rainbow Connection
The Idea If any members of our society deserve some access to healthy fun, it's children who are sick or injured. So, long before the Perth Children's Hospital in Australia opened in 2018, there was a growing movement to connect…
All the World’s a Stage
From San Francisco to New York, a handful of theater companies have broken out of, well, the actual theater to take their shows into parks and playgrounds. We should think outside the black box too.
The Art of Recycling
Plastic bottles are filling up rivers and oceans at an alarming rate. But a growing number of cities are finding a whimsical new lure to catch them before they hit the water. We should go fish too.
Bee the Change
In recent years, a global trend of topping bus shelters with bee-friendly gardens has been spreading like, well, wildflowers. With Earth Day coming up on April 22, here’s the buzz on eco-forward “bee stops.”
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