Google Field Trip for iOS

For Apple users, discovering nearby inspiration just got easier

Now available on iOS, Google’s companion for the urban explorer surfaces content from your immediate environs. As a discovery tool for cool locales—something we at CH have a vested interest in—Field Trip is a pioneering program that shows plenty of promise. The app pulls its content from a number of partners including Zagat, Architizer, Dezeen, Inhabitat and Cool Hunting, among others. From San Francisco to …

Ron Finley the South Central LA Guerrilla Gardener

We get inspired to "plant some shit" at this year's TED conference

Like many underfunded urban communities, South Central LA represents what is commonly called a “food desert,” or a district where fast food and corner stores greatly outnumber access to fresh produce. Currently an estimated 26.5 million Americans live in food deserts—a statistic Ron Finley aims to change with a concept he calls guerilla gardening. Finley and the volunteer-based LA Green Grounds organization plant “food forests” …

QuoTED 2013

Our favorite nuggets of knowledge from the insightful speakers at this year's TED conference

While in the audience at last week’s TED conference we kept the tweeting to a minimum and instead used the old-school pen and paper to capture some of our favorite moments. After reviewing them all, here are the quotations that hit us the hardest. “‘Smart’ simply means you’re ready to learn.” Freeman Hrabowski on the difference between intelligence and access to education. “Texting is fingered …