by admin | May 30, 2016 | Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Public policy, Public safety, Urban forest, Urban Planning, Water, Wildfire
The subtitle to this headline for many people might be: Who Cares? As a term of art, green infrastructure may be popular with landscape architects, civil engineers, and urban planners, among a few other allied professions, but it does not often mean much to the...
by admin | May 1, 2016 | Climate, Disaster, Drought, Government, Public policy, Resilience, Science, Water
Drought has historically been the disaster that fails to focus our attention on its consequences until it is too late to take effective action. While other disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and most floods have a quick onset that signals trouble, and...
by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | Disaster, Disaster policy, Government, Public safety, Resilience
In the U.S. federal system, states play a major role in what U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once called “the laboratories of democracy.” One role for state government that has unfortunately received far less attention than most others is...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Activism, Careers, Disaster, Disaster policy, Environment, Public safety, Resilience, Urban Planning, Wildfire
Sometimes we find ourselves on a journey whose significance is bigger than the meaning for our own lives alone. In fact, if we are lucky, we come to realize that we can make at least some part of our lives much bigger than ourselves. Two weeks ago, while in Phoenix,...
by admin | Mar 29, 2016 | Blogging, Blogging, Climate, Disaster, Drought, Water
Occasionally, I have used this blog to link to American Planning Association blog posts that I think some readers may find important. That is the case here: At the APA blog, I provide a brief introduction to a wonderful new resource for communities on a variety of...
by admin | Mar 20, 2016 | Activism, Disaster, Environment, Philanthropy, Renewable Energy, Urban forest, Urban Planning
How often do any of us look around our communities closely enough to fully understand the extent of the greening activity that is taking place? My guess would be that the vast majority of us—and I include myself—have no idea of the sheer volume of hours and effort...
