Affordable, Multifamily Housing: Ready for the Next Storm?
By Laurel Blatchford / On October 4th, 2015
When Superstorm Sandy ravaged New York in 2012, thousands of low-income apartment-dwellers found themselves in high-rise hell.
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#FOREWORDFRIDAY: WILD EDITION
By Katharine Sucher / On October 1st, 2015
Have humans really tamed every inch of the world? On our overheated and overcrowded planet, are wild places now extinct?
Disarming objections to parking pricing
By Richard Willson / On September 28th, 2015
Since the beginning of time, parkers have argued that they should park free. Yet the economic justifications for pricing are well documented - pricing leads to more efficient parking use and a multimodal transportation system. Many arguments against pricing don’t hold up to scrutiny. I have been chronicling them in my work with local stakeholders over three decades. This blog post summarizes the top five arguments I’ve encountered and provides responses that are useful in the heat of the battle.
#ForewordFriday: Religion Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On September 25th, 2015
What does religion have to do with the environment? Let John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker explain in their must-read book, Ecology and Religion. Grim and Tucker argue that the engagement of religious communities is necessary if humanity is to sustain itself and the planet. As the Pope wraps up his visit to the US, check out this important text on the burgeoning field of religious ecology.
The pope’s green message is about more than climate change
By Laurie Mazur / On September 22nd, 2015
This week, Pope Francis is making his first visit ever to the U.S., and there is plenty of speculation about what he will say.
World Car Free Day 2015
By Katharine Sucher / On September 21st, 2015
In honor of World Car Free Day 2015 (September 22) we wanted to know: Which city could best benefit from participating in World Car Free Day?
Here's what some of our authors and one of our editors had to say:
Rants from the Hill: Don't Fence Me In
By Michael Branch / On September 18th, 2015
Marking our territory with wildlife-friendly fences.
“Rants from the Hill” are Michael Branch’s monthly musings on life in the high country of western Nevada’s Great Basin Desert and originally posted at High Country News.
#FOREWORDFRIDAY: PARK(ing) DAY EDITION
By Katharine Sucher / On September 17th, 2015
In honor of PARK(ing) Day, Island Press is taking tactical urbanism to the streets. PARK(ing) Day is an annual event where people all over the world transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. These pop-up parks can take all forms--in our case, an outdoor library and reading nook. To learn more about short-tern, low-cost, and scalable interventions like these, check out Tactical Urbanism by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia.
Reflections on ESA 2015
By Rachel Miller / On September 11th, 2015
Earlier this month, I attended my first conference with Island Press: the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD. As the sales associate, part of my role here is to coordinate the Island Press conference presence, such as the booth appearance, the books we have on sale, and our promotional materials.