Community

Strengthening our connections.

Five Ways to a Great Place

by Kathy Madden

posted May 09, 2005

Project for Public Spaces works to create places that attract people. What makes these places work?

The New City Beautiful

by Francesca Lyman

posted May 09, 2005

Vancouver, Seattle, London, and Chicago are getting healthier and more beautiful through "green urbanism."

Cities For All: An Interview with Angela Glover Blackwell

by Sarah van Gelder

posted May 09, 2005

Angela Glover Blackwell is founder and CEO of PolicyLink, a national organization working for economic and social equity. Her work has centered on revitalizing low-income communities and communities of color and public-interest law. She recently co-authored Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America (2002, WW Norton & Co).

The Lost Art of Dropping By

by Patrisia Gonzales

posted Feb 01, 2005

The Lost Art of Dropping By by Patrisia Gonzales - creating neighborliness.

September Is For Democracy

by Michelle Burkhart

posted Aug 18, 2004

How to preserve democracy—coming to a library near you.

Detroit Renaissance

by Shawn Rhea

posted May 20, 2004

the story of a grassroots effort to renew a post-industrial city. AC3T, Boggs Center, Detroit summer, Adamah, Grace Boggs, Cass Corridor Food Cooperative, Romanowski Park.

Readers Take Action

posted Dec 31, 2003

A Victory in Argentina, Bicycle Messengers, Clean Elections Coming, Getting Active

India's Dawn

by Rachel Milanez

posted Dec 31, 2003

India's Dawn by Rachel Milanez - Auroville reforestation and water management

The Big Promise of the Small

by Carolyn McConnell

posted Dec 31, 2003

How a Namibian beetle, drip irrigation, clay pots and a child's seesaw help overcome water scarcity

Young People And Their Watershed

by Diane Galusha

posted Dec 31, 2003

Catskill Watershed Corporation funds a student project to prevent erosion and preserve water quality

Karen Charman: A Sewer Becomes a Water Park

by Karen Charman

posted Dec 31, 2003

A floating ecological living machine--a gorgeous botanical garden--is restoring open sewage canals in Fuzhou, China

Readers Take Action in Iraq

posted Mar 31, 2003

An Open Letter to a Neighbor, We All Have Family in Iraq, Peace is Possible

Kids And Chemicals

by Elizabeth Guillette

posted Mar 31, 2003

In one village, kids grew up normally, but nearby, children had trouble catching a ball, drawing a picture, remembering a color. What made the difference?

Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope

by Anna Marie Carter

posted Mar 31, 2003

"The Seed Lady of Watts" is getting fresh food into an area better known for its toxics and poverty

Urban Peacemaker

posted Mar 31, 2003

Nane Alexandrez returned from Vietnam to a community struggling with drugs, violence, and poverty. Determined to reach young people with alternatives to violence, he started Barrios Unidos. but to succeed, he found he had to confront his own addiction.