Communications & Messaging

recycling to defeat Hitler?

Robert Long at The New Republic points to a few studies showing that conservatives are more likely to recycle when such activity is tied to values like patriotism.[read more]

empty valley?

Without immigration, Silicon Valley is dying. Migration is ephemeral, particularly international migration. Here today, gone tomorrow. Entire regional economies depend on the influx of talent.[read more]

green transportation

After your living space, your transportation choices are next on the list in terms of impact. So, what are the best choices in terms of climate impact? Take a look at this infographic for details on the ways you choose to get around.[read more]

Rust Belt foodies

Talent leaving Chicago would skip over the Rust Belt and land in a coastal metro. Over the last decade, that pattern has changed as native daughters and sons returned home after cutting their teeth in a Big City.[read more]

Indianapolis' cultural trail

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail is a significant project in and of itself, but it gains even more significance when considered in the larger scope of the transformation taking place in this Midwestern state capital.[read more]

building your green home

 

If you’re thinking about building green, keep this infographic nearby, as it covers thirteen elements that you’ll want to consider in the design and construction of your home.[read more]

incomplete streets?

A grassroots group called the Alton Road Reconstruction Coalition has produced a great campaign, which sets out the possibilities and the coalition’s position on more "complete" streets, in a stellar example of local advocacy.[read more]

internet mobility?

In time, the Internet should increase the distances people migrate. Expanding where you know doesn’t require travel. Trust can be cultivated online.[read more]

Smart, but smart enough?

It’s time to get past advocating for the fact of smart growth – it’s already mainstream in nearly every planning office in the country – and start working on its quality.[read more]

suburban growth/shutterstock

The "debate" could be more fruitful if everyone were just more honest and recognized not only the messiness of the real world, but stopped trying to fit one solution onto everyone else. Suburbia is not the answer. But neither is the "city."[read more]

sustainable future

Every day, we are presented with a range of "sustainable" products and activities—but with so much labeled as "sustainable", is it time to abandon the concept altogether, or can we find an accurate way to measure sustainability?[read more]

Cincinnati's lost history

Its subway lines were long ago removed, its storefronts boarded up, sealed or displaced. However, this Cincinnati neighborhood was, at the beginning of the 20th century, an epicenter for a radical form of Community Organizing.[read more]