Ariel Sharon Park in Israel is planned to be a stunning ecological retreat in the middle of a densely populated urban area. The site was once an enormous landfill, but today it is being turned into the largest urban park to be built anywhere in the world in the last century. One of the centerpieces of this oasis will be the ECOntainer Bridge, a 160-meter-long bridge made of repurposed shipping containers.

via Recycled Cargo Container Bridge Spans Environmental Gap | WebUrbanist.

The outcome of the 2012 campaign could have less to do with grand vision than with online data analytics and peer-to-peer voter targeting.

via Facebook: The Real Presidential Swing State – Technology Review.

Israeli designer Ronen “Tinman” Wasserman has developed a line of beautiful and sustainable furniture. By salvaging and upcycling discarded car parts, hetransforms them into tables, lamps chairs and sculptures.

via Old Car Parts Transformed Into Trendy New Furniture – International Design Times.

The all cardboard bike is shockingly durable: it can carry riders who weigh up to 485 pounds. A layer of coating atop the cardboard shields the bike from the elements and gives the finished product the look and feel of lightweight plastic. While the cost to make the bicycle ranges from nine to twelve dollars, the manufacturer expects to sell the vehicle for sixty to ninety dollars depending on the optional addition of an electric motor.

via Cycle on the Recycled: A $9 Cardboard Bike Set to Enter Production in Israel – Business – GOOD.

Mayday is proposing an alternative that could please critics on all sides of the table. Their idea is to let advertisers engage New Yorkers in an urban game, where each rider holds a key to unlocking a larger image with some embedded value. Think of it as a giant puzzle, where every MetroCard is a unique puzzle piece.

via Turning NYC’s Iconic MetroCard Into A Massive Urban Game | Co.Design.