Tag results for: County Goal #11: Governance
FROM HERE TO THERE IN 2045: Reimagining Transportation
A bold vision to move away from a car centric culture through sustainable mobility solutions with Long Beach as a case study.
Projects
COUNTY GOALS #7B, #8A, & #11
Systems Approach: A solution for local transportation with global impact.
Peer-to-peer education and innovation for sustainability professionals drawn from LA County’s 88 cities.
SUPER SHADE STRUCTURES: A Cool Solution
Cooling cities with innovative shade structures using nature-based designs.
COUNTY GOALS #7B, #8A, & #11
Mapping Cudahy’s Air: Portable air sensors map patterns of air quality.
COUNTY GOAL # 11
GREEN MAP & GO: Map and engage green resources.
COUNTY GOALS #7B, #8A, & #11
CHARGE TO CHANGE: Marketing EV in Cudahy.
COUNTY GOALS #5, #7, & #11
Climate Migration and Faith
Developing a communication and action plan that church leaders can use to mobilize community engagement on the challenges of climate migration.
Blog Posts
The Futility of Symbolic Environmentalism
Like offering a band-aid for a bullet wound, Michael Goldberg argues that individual lifestyle changes may be little more than moral signifiers in the fight against climate change. For Goldberg such symbolic gestures are out of their depth when faced with the mounting material concerns of a global disaster.
/ March 15, 2019
Defending the Boundary Waters
Joseph Goldstein explains why the fight for our planet is "all about the small steps forward...about getting back up despite setbacks, about consistently showing up, and about staying even when you’re discouraged," like the defense he and his peers have mounted on behalf of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
/ August 19, 2018
The EPA, US and Me
The EPA reinvented itself and began seeing the world through the eyes of polluters. The choice was stark: change or die.
/ August 31, 2015
Why Care About Greece?
The history of a world composed of nation states has not been a pretty one. Why should we care? It is not promising that governments are ceasing to be sovereign. It is hard to expect transnational corporations to make the decisions needed to save the habitability of the planet.
/ July 12, 2015