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Arts-based Strategies for Organizing Communities and Strengthening their Social Fabric

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024admin

Local land-use decision-making in a global context

August 21, 2024August 21, 2024admin

Žiga Malek, Bianka Douw, Jasper Van Vliet, Emma H Van Der Zanden and Peter H Verburg Published 12 August 2019 • © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd Source: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab309e Citation: Environmental Research Letters, Volume 14, Number…Continue readingLocal land-use decision-making in a global context

Housing Justice

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

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024admin

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

The Unheard

Sugarcane 8/16 Fri. 7 PM Screening in Sawtelle

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024admin

Friday, August 16, 2024 7:00PM (Check-in by 6:30PM / Preview Productions Guest List) Laemmle Royal, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Film Rated: “R” ASAP RSVP Name to…Continue readingSugarcane 8/16 Fri. 7 PM Screening in Sawtelle

Ark Tech

Sustainable Standards: Pervious Cover Minimums and Incentives

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024admin

Source: https://sustainablecitycode.org/brief/pervious-cover-minimums-and-incentives-2/ Kerrigan Owens (author), Jonathan Rosenbloom & Christopher Duerksen (editors) INTRODUCTION This regulation provides local governments with the flexibility to either create incentives, set requirements, or do a combination…Continue readingSustainable Standards: Pervious Cover Minimums and Incentives

Ark Tech

Cal-Earth Makes Disaster-Resistant Superadobe Construction a Reality

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024admin

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 Stewardship

Indigenous Voices and Stewardship in Urban Landscapes

August 12, 2024August 12, 2024admin

Webinar Date (Wednesday, 7/10/2024, 1 – 2:15pm EDT) Source: https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/indigenous-voices-and-stewardship-urban-landscapes It is a surprise for many to learn that 70-percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives live off reservation in urban settings.…Continue readingIndigenous Voices and Stewardship in Urban Landscapes

Community Identity

Advancing Indigenous Housing Rights in Los Angeles: International Best Practices and a Legal Framework

August 10, 2024August 10, 2024admin

by the Promist Institute for Human Rights, UCLA School of Law Urban Reserves (p. 11) Urban spaces posit a particular challenge for land-back, as “settler states continue to pursue the…Continue readingAdvancing Indigenous Housing Rights in Los Angeles: International Best Practices and a Legal Framework

Indigenous Wisdom

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

August 6, 2024August 6, 2024admin

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

Communal Healing

PUTTING DOWN ROOTS

August 3, 2024August 3, 2024admin

Source: https://cso.lacounty.gov/media/blog/putting-down-roots/ Cover Photo Credit: https://www.buzzfeed.com/pernellquilon/los-angeles-tree-tunnels Plans to equitably manage the tree canopy in greater L.A. are finally taking hold. Having a healthy urban forest is an essential part of…Continue readingPUTTING DOWN ROOTS