By Muntasir Mamun In fact, there aren’t many options left for Dhaka to restore its speed and mobility as such mega cities have in the world! Once this Asian mega city was named the city of Mosque and now that turned into famed, city of the traffic jam. The city could be at least turned [...]

Developing Policies for Sustainable Urban Transport in Dhaka By Muntasir Mamun Dhaka is still missing a Sustainable Urban Transport (SUT) plan. The need to develop a plan for Non Motorized Vehicles has not been addressed. The plan has to adopt the development of laneways that are viable for Bicycle, Pedestrian and Rickshaw use that coexist [...]

By Jay Walljasper Jay Walljasper wrote this article for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media organization that fuses powerful ideas with practical actions. Jay is a contributing editor of National Geographic Traveler, Senior Fellow at Project for Public Spaces, and co-editor of OnTheCommons.org. Editor of Utne Reader magazine for 15 years, he is the author of [...]

Modern day explorer Eric Larsen traveled to the North-South pole and the summit of Mt. Everest all in once year. “The Same the Poles” expedition to these last frozen places in attempt to tell his amazing story while promoting clean energy solutions to the problem of climate change. 1. When did you plan it first to “Love the snow” [...]