Green Cities Are for People, Not Profit

But it’s not too late; in Austin and across the U.S., we can build sustainable and affordable cities without displacing working-class communities of color. Our efforts will only be fruitful if we stop prioritizing investors’ and developers’ interests and begin listening to working-class communities of color.

MM #4: Evolution

Evolution has no choice but to simultaneously work on the whole set of species and their inter-relationships. Evolution does not work on the squirrel by itself or the insect by itself with no interaction between them: it can’t work like that. Evolution always operates on the full ecological context. Have I said that already?

The garden improving community health through food

Residents are helping to make Knowle West a healthier place, backed by a £20,000 funding pot. Shaping Places, an NHS and local government programme, is designed to improve community health through changes to local social, environmental and economic systems, from food security to mental health and fear of antisocial behaviour.