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    Networks ≠ Organizations: Let’s all lean into the difference!

    November 10, 2020
    By Lydia Morin
    I spent nearly my whole first year as Executive Director of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities) in the Greater Pittsburgh Region trying to understand it as the nonprofit organization it was portrayed as by its founders and current leadership of...Read More

    Grassroots: Equitable Environmental Leadership By and For the People

    November 10, 2020
    By Brittany Reno
    Photography by Nanci Goldberg   Over the past few years, I have had the honor of working with my fellow Sharpsburg residents to engage our community in a resident-driven EcoDistricts planning process. Sharpsburg, PA, is a small, industrial borough on...Read More

    Healthier Cities for All: Can We Distribute Health and Wellbeing Equitably?

    November 10, 2020
    By Irwin Lowenstein
    There has long been a paradox at the heart of healthcare in Cleveland, Ohio. While home to some of the best medical care in the world, Cleveland’s own neighborhoods experience some of the poorest of health outcomes. Now, one of...Read More

    The Bridge: An Embodiment of EcoDistricts

    September 28, 2020
    By Kristen Fulmer
    “One of the main missions of The Bridge is to set people up for success who normally wouldn’t have the opportunity simply because they didn’t have the basic means to get there- nutritious food, a safe home, a useful education,...Read More

    How Racial Justice and COVID are Shaping the EcoDistricts Movement

    September 9, 2020
    By Christine Mondor
    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

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