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EcoDistricts Launches a New Online Course for EcoDistricts APs: Centering Racial Equity in Urban & Community Development
September 29, 2021
“The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love,...
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First Steps Towards Integrating EcoDistricts Approaches in New York's Affordable Housing
September 9, 2021
In the boredom of last year’s quarantine, I stumbled in Teva’s e-mail: Stronger Together – […] It’s times like these...
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EcoDistricts: The Path Forward
April 29, 2021
It would be difficult for me to overstate the value of the EcoDistricts Protocol in our current moment. The challenges...
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Creating Resilient and Inclusive Communities: A Case Study of the Sustainable City, Dubai
April 5, 2021
As an Architect I have always been fascinated and intrigued by the sheer simplicity of design, how it can weave...
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EcoDistricts Community Blooms in 2020
February 24, 2021
2020 proved to be a watershed year for the EcoDistricts Accredited Professional (AP) program, growing by an extraordinary 350% in...
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What is EcoDistricts Thinking? A Lay Person’s Guide
November 10, 2020
Every year, on December 26, my wife’s side of the family gets together to celebrate Christmas. Like most families, ours...
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Networks ≠ Organizations: Let’s all lean into the difference!
November 10, 2020
I spent nearly my whole first year as Executive Director of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities) in the Greater Pittsburgh...
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Grassroots: Equitable Environmental Leadership By and For the People
November 10, 2020
Photography by Nanci Goldberg Over the past few years, I have had the honor of working with my fellow...
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How Racial Justice and COVID are Shaping the EcoDistricts Movement
September 9, 2020
In our resiliency and EcoDistricts practice, we perform thought experiments to imagine futures that, while possible, seem exceptionally unlikely. We...
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