Background “It is important that the consideration of carbon removal be pushed beyond technical consideration of ’how much carbon at what cost’ and beyond the boundaries erected by too-narrow readings of climate modeling results towards much deeper examination of the social, environmental, political, and other implications.”[1] ~ Simon Nicholson Climate change is a universal problem […]
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Using Constitutional Litigation to Address the Climate Crisis
In 2015, 21 American youth filed the internationally-renown case Juliana v. United States, claiming that affirmative acts of the federal government violate their constitutional rights and the rights of future generations. Juliana v. United States is science-based, seeking to halt state-created danger and other constitutional harms and to enforce legal rights to a climate system capable of sustaining life. The response of the Biden-Harris Administration and the Supreme Court to Juliana will signal to the world whether the US federal government is serious about grounding long-term solutions to the climate crisis in our Constitution.
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The Vulnerability of Magical Thinking, and Doing
I became a Joan Didion fan circa the early 2000s, my senior year of college, when I was simultaneously experiencing pain from my first heartbreak and my emerging impacted wisdom teeth. Similar in pain, both circumstances struck nerves in me swiftly and randomly throughout the day with panging reminders that I was in a vulnerable […]
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Innovations for Urban Resilience
Building resilient cities is increasingly important. Currently, over 50% of people worldwide live in cities, and by 2040 that number is likely to exceed 75-80% worldwide. Cities are complex structures that link business centers to residential areas, weaving together the products and services that fulfill the needs of both; and we need to address resilience […]
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The Historic March of Capitalism and Why CityCraft is Committed to Regenerative Communities
Over the last decade, the degree of income and wealth disparity in the United States has become increasingly evident as the aggregate wealth created through our economy concentrates in a smaller portion of the population, while the majority of our country functions in a system that constrains personal financial growth and independence. The result has […]
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Principle of Social Durability
As a regenerative community developer, we recognize that socially durable communities have two core elements that are essential to their long-term social, ecological and economic health: • Each member of the community understands the unique history and heritage of their social community and physical place over the course of time. • Each member of the […]
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Building the Foundation: Community Self-Governance
A colleague and good friend of mine from the Northeast wrote me recently and said that he had joined his neighborhood association board and (because he is a lawyer, I would guess) was promptly named chair of the governance committee. He said: “The board is friendly although the president isn’t familiar with protocol, so we’re […]
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How Can We Move to a Regenerative Finance System? Start with Education.
Earlier this month, an article appeared in Los Angeles Magazine discussing the elite private middle and high schools in West Los Angeles that were forced to confront racial inequity and bias. This discussion and subsequent debate began as one of the schools participated in a public expression of support in response to national events leading […]
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A Spiritual Message to America
I had the great fortune to meet with the tribal elders in the Grand Canyon region, when I was part of a national team working on a new 75 year vision for the Grand Canyon for its 75th aniversary, which was 1991. I chose this spiritual message because it represents the wisdom of the original […]
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WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON: THE FOREST CHARTER AND SHARED STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH
A process that is regenerative increases prosperity and health for humans and the natural environment through holistic thinking and meaningful community participation, by all members of the community. This broad approach to planning and decision-making seeks to discover what we hold in common, and how all can benefit by common undertakings. Early humans regarded nature […]