The importance of the local in today’s context
Based on their concrete situations, such as pollution, lack of housing, or lack of drinking water, people are able to build a relational power that challenges and changes reality.
local communities
This mayor puts the “Conserve” back in Conservative
Indianan Jim Brainard has been making the post-partisan case for building sustainable, resilient cities for more than 20 years. As a self-identified conservative Republican who not only believes in climate science but has made it his personal mission to incorporate sustainable urban planning and climate resilience into his vision for Carmel, Brainard has become a symbol of what post-partisan climate leadership can and should look like.
Looking Back, Looking Forwards – Governance
I think it’s because the challenges are so great that the need to fundamentally reset the relationship between business, government, and local communities and place them on a more equal footing, transferring not just responsibility but genuine power, is increasingly not a choice but an imperative.
Ground control
Revitalising communities is not just an election strategy. It is a programme for change in its own right; even without a sympathetic government
Communities, not private companies, driving innovation
Attempting to force innovation by pitting providers against each other naturally breeds fragmentation and opposition between stakeholders.