Page Text: Right of Way: Addressing the Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
By Angie Schmitt / On April 12, 2022 - 1:00pm EDT
The number of pedestrian deaths has been rising in recent years. What can communities do to turn this around?
American Urbanist: How William H. Whyte Reshaped Public Life
By Richard K. Rein / On April 7, 2022 - 1:00pm EDT
William (Holly) Whyte was a pioneer of people-centered urban design who challenged planners to look beyond their desks and drawings: “You have to get out and walk.”
Effective Conservation: Parks, Rewilding, and Local Development
By Ignacio Jiménez / On March 31, 2022 - 1:00pm EDT
Ignacio Jiménez has managed conservation projects on three continents over 30 years, pioneering an approach to conservation he calls “Full Nature” that seeks to integrate the ecological health of...
Healing Grounds Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming
By Liz Carlisle / On March 29, 2022 - 1:00pm EDT
A powerful movement is happening in farming today—farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers are reviving their ancestors’ methods of growing food—techniques long suppressed by...
Swamplands Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat
By Edward Struzik / On March 23, 2022 - 12:00pm EDT
During this time of human population growth and expansion across the land, we must understand our history and acknowledge the ancestral and unceded territory of all the Inuit, Metis, and First Nations people that call this land home. This recognition is...
An Inside Look: Nature-Based Efforts to Create Resilient Cities
By Alison Sant / On March 16, 2022 - 12:00pm EDT
Cities are experimenting with ways of reintroducing nature to be resilient to the rising tides, floods, and extreme weather events caused by climate change—from restoring wetlands to constructing oyster reefs, and expanding the floodplains of creeks,...
Dream Play Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places
By James Rojas, John Kamp / On March 3, 2022 - 12:00pm EST
People love their communities and want them to become safer, healthier, more prosperous places. But the standard approach to public meetings somehow makes everyone miserable. Conversations that should be inspiring can become shouting matches. So what...
Dream Play Build: Hands On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places Recording
By John Kamp, James Rojas / On February 25, 2022 - 12:00pm EST
Resources discussed by the panelists Collaborative, sensory-based community engagement for a more equitable bike/pedestrian environment South Colton livable corridor plan strategies for community resilience In Phoenix: a light rail station...
Creating Streets for People in the Tenderloin
By Alison Sant / On February 10, 2022 - 5:00pm EST
From parklets and quick-build projects to its recent Slow Streets initiative, San Francisco has been a leader in experimenting with remaking its streetscapes. However, these programs and their benefits are often unequally distributed. One such example is...
Dream Play Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places
By James Rojas, John Kamp / On February 9, 2022 - 6:00pm EST
For 20 years, James Rojas and John Kamp have been looking to art, creative expression, and storytelling to shake up the classic community meeting. In their...