by Sven | Nov 11, 2014 | articles, features, print, writing
I’m really psyched with the job YES! Magazine has done with my feature article about Medellín, Colombia in their current Winter 2015 cities issue. It’s online now, but if you can, please pick up a copy at your local news stand or bookstore (if you still...
by Sven | May 23, 2014 | features, online, photo essays, writing
Shareable just published my 2nd postcard from Medellin, Are We Better Off Being Better Off?, looking more deeply into the meaning of “development” and “progress,” including plenty of photos and examples from my excursions through...
by Sven | Nov 5, 2013 | articles, features, online, writing
From Urban Prototype to Heart of the City in 313 Days was just published on Shareable. Pulse of the City is an interactive public art installation that turns pedestrians’ heartbeats into music. The City of Boston recently commissioned it as a public art piece,...
by Sven | Aug 7, 2013 | articles, features, online, reporting, writing
The host of this year’s Ecocity World Summit, Nantes has shown the way of using art to build a culture of resilience. My article Lessons for building an ecocity culture in the Matador Travel Network introduces Nantes, Ecocity 2013, and my role in it, while...
by Sven | Jul 18, 2013 | articles, features, online, writing
A new process called Data Jams is spreading through government because of their effectiveness in creating public benefit and business opportunities from open government data. I got to explore these “long distance hackathons” in my latest feature article...
by Sven | Feb 7, 2013 | features, online, writing
New article on Matador Travel Network: 23 laws from other countries the US should adopt TRAVELING IS A GREAT WAY to learn about other cultures and ways of thinking. While most of our encounters with a host country’s legal system usually revolve around visas and...