Urban “guerrilla gardening” trend on abandoned lots in Mali
On the green banks of the Niger River in downtown Bamako alongside heavily guarded foreign hotels, a group of urban farmers busily weed and…
Issue #3: May 15, 2015
2016 FCM Sustainable Canadian Communities Awards
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities‘ (FCM) Sustainable Communities Awards are open to municipal governments and their partners. The 2016 call for applications deadline is…
Restoring native pollinators more vital than “industrial” honeybees
Note from Storm: I’ve written about the importance of restoring native pollinators in both of my earlier books, The Restoration Economy (Berrett-Koehler, 2002) and…
International Town & Gown Association conference
The International Town & Gown Association conference will take place May 31 – June 3, 2015 at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Among…
DC Renaissance: New generation shuns sprawl for urban core
There was a time when Washington, DC was a dead-after-dark commuter city, not to mention one of the most dangerous places in the US….