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Indigenous Urban Planning

Equity and Urban Planning – Build institutional capacity and culture

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November 16, 2015 Cynthia Silva Parker Source: https://interactioninstitute.org/equity-and-urban-planning-build-institutional-capacity-and-culture/ This is the third of a four part series, sharing some of the lessons IISC and Horsley Witten Group learned in our efforts to support RhodeMap RI in…Continue readingEquity and Urban Planning – Build institutional capacity and culture

Housing Justice

Relief From the Heat: In Rapidly Warming Cities, Trees Can Save Lives

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Source: https://chesapeaketrees.net/2020/08/28/relief-from-the-heat-in-rapidly-warming-cities-trees-can-save-lives/ Research links increased heat vulnerability to unjust urban planning Story by Sadie E. Francis Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, increasingly tenacious hurricanes, and regular flooding have dominated…Continue readingRelief From the Heat: In Rapidly Warming Cities, Trees Can Save Lives

Ark Tech

Cal-Earth Makes Disaster-Resistant Superadobe Construction a Reality

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By Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe* Source: https://www.theearthandi.org/post/cal-earth-makes-disaster-resistant-superadobe-construction-a-reality Building safe and sustainable housing is a challenge, especially in disaster-prone regions, and ensuring that it is affordable and accessible can seem impossible. At last,…Continue readingCal-Earth Makes Disaster-Resistant Superadobe Construction a Reality

Indigenous Wisdom

Western Washington University to partner in $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science  

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Based at UMass Amherst, the five-year, $30 million international National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center will focus on addressing the impacts of climate change, threats to cultural places…Continue readingWestern Washington University to partner in $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science