2019 was the year of the Green New Deal for me. One of the greatest opportunities this country has had in a long time to create large-scale structural changes commensurate…
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My original TNOC article The Real Dirt on Urban Compost got republished in the Spring/Summer 2017 Zero Waste issue of Sustain, the Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development’s…
I had the pleasure to help two amazing organizations with their new websites that were launched within the last few weeks. SCRAP SF is a non-profit creative reuse center, materials…
I just posted a piece called Developing Better Urban Habits that was first published as part of last month’s Global Roundtable at The Nature of Cities on how to make…
A couple of weeks ago I got to brainstorm for two days in my capacity as Core Advisor for the International Ecocity Framework & Standards Initiative about how to integrate…
This is a repost of my seasonal newsletter, “The Beet.” Sign up here to receive these occasional offerings in your inbox. Solstice Greetings! It’s been a while since my last…
This week I rode single file up to the SF Park Police Station with about 100 fellow bikers demonstrating how silly it is for cyclists to come to a complete…
One of my photos of the solar roofs in Schönau is covering a full page in the current issue of Discover Magazine. It’s accompanying an article about Germany’s “Energiewende” (energy…
Nice Day for a Revolution! This photo I took at an Occupy rally in Oakland in 2011 got a Notable Entry in the “Theo Westenberger Art and Activism Photo Contest”…
I recently started blogging for Mother Earth News as part of my work with Ecocity Builders. Specifically, I’m trying to give their audience more insights into ecologically inspired urban design…
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