The Just Communities Blog

A New Chapter for EcoDistricts Begins

I am thrilled to share important news regarding the future of EcoDistricts. We are joining Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE), an Atlanta-based NGO that...

EcoDistricts Launches a New Online Course for EcoDistricts APs: Centering Racial Equity in Urban & Community Development

“The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love,...

EcoDistricts: The Path Forward

It would be difficult for me to overstate the value of the EcoDistricts Protocol in our current moment. The challenges...

How Racial Justice and COVID are Shaping the EcoDistricts Movement

In our resiliency and EcoDistricts practice, we perform thought experiments to imagine futures that, while possible, seem exceptionally unlikely. We...

Building Beloved Community: An EcoDistricts AP Considers Her Work

Home A large bur oak graces my front yard:  with a double trunk, about 35 feet tall, she casts a...

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

We are at a crossroads. We stand in solidarity with Black activists that demand swift and substantial changes to policing,...

The Long and Winding Road: EcoDistricts’ Puts Racial Equity at the  Core of its Work

Our cities are at a crossroads. Across the world, cities are undergoing massive transformations fueled in part by an unprecedented...

Innovative Design Offers Roots + Community for Denver's Most Vulnerable

The Mariposa and Sun Valley neighborhoods of Denver, Colorado are a before-and-after study of the potential that place-based sustainable design...

Fighting for Economic Development and Environmental Justice with a Wireless Router

Dispatches from the Shareable Cities A recent post in Think Progress tells a fascinating story about Michigan’s most toxic zip...