Vibrant(City) Blog - Page 4 of 22

In our resiliency and EcoDistricts practice, we perform thought experiments to imagine futures that, while possible, seem exceptionally unlikely. We help communities identify their vulnerability to natural disasters, economic hardships, failed infrastructure, or racial inequities and together we chart ways...Read More

Pittsburgh Pioneers the 15-Minute City

September 9, 2020

By Grant Ervin

The “15-Minute City” is a long-held strategy of urban theorists and designers to improve both living conditions and the environment. Developed at the Sorbonne in Paris, the concept of “la ville du quart d’heure” is one in which daily urban...Read More

A Practical and Actionable Pathway to Address Digital Inequities Today

September 9, 2020

By Melanie Nutter

The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis has fundamentally changed how the world works, learns and interacts. With shelter-in-place and social distancing requirements, people have transitioned their jobs, education, and entertainment indoors. This transition has not occurred without significant challenges. Compounded by the...Read More

Building Beloved Community: An EcoDistricts AP Considers Her Work

September 3, 2020

By Tracy Nordstrom

Home A large bur oak graces my front yard: with a double trunk, about 35 feet tall, she casts a shady and cooling radius all around. My tree is 115 years old, as old as my house. Her inner rings...Read More

We Stand for Racial Equity: a Message from EcoDistricts’ Board and Staff

June 3, 2020

By Teva Needleman

We are at a crossroads. We stand in solidarity with Black activists that demand swift and substantial changes to policing, criminal justice, and community investment. We acknowledge that our white-dominant profession has long been complacent in denying Black people the...Read More

Community Driven Sustainability in the Rust Belt

February 13, 2020

By Teva Needleman

Pittsburgh and Cleveland projects get big boost with EcoDistricts Incubator It’s Day 1, the first morning of the EcoDistricts Incubator at the Millvale Moose in Millvale, PA, a former fraternal lodge in a Pittsburgh suburb across the river from...Read More

How Racial Justice and COVID are Shaping the EcoDistricts Movement

September 9, 2020

By Christine Mondor

Pittsburgh Pioneers the 15-Minute City

September 9, 2020

By Grant Ervin

A Practical and Actionable Pathway to Address Digital Inequities Today

September 9, 2020

By Melanie Nutter

Building Beloved Community: An EcoDistricts AP Considers Her Work

September 3, 2020

By Tracy Nordstrom

We Stand for Racial Equity: a Message from EcoDistricts’ Board and Staff

June 3, 2020

By Teva Needleman

Community Driven Sustainability in the Rust Belt

February 13, 2020

By Teva Needleman