It’s March and we’re “marching on” – get it? Okay, apologies for the terrible pun. But seriously, there is quite a bit going on here these days. First, the program updates. Work continues on the interactive GIS map we’re creating that will enable anyone, anywhere… Read More »Marching On
The industry emits more carbon than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Image: Unsplash/Waldemar Brandt • Fast fashion makes shopping for clothes more affordable, but it comes at an environmental cost. • The fashion industry produces 10% of all humanity’s carbon emissions and is the… Read More »These facts show how unsustainable the fashion industry is
The country’s “well-being budget” emphasizes citizen happiness over capitalist gain. By Sigal Samuel We usually think of a country’s wealth or capital in terms of its financial bottom line: its gross domestic product. But New Zealand challenged the world to assess it in terms of a… Read More »Forget GDP — New Zealand is prioritizing gross national well-being
By Bill Batt A Review of Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2019. In the past two decades, a plethora of books and articles have been published, focusing on… Read More »Legacy of the Discovery Doctrine
A coalition of developers and civil rights activists is pushing hard for property tax changes in New York, but the obstacles are formidable. New York City’s property tax formula allows many homes in Park Slope, Brooklyn, to be taxed less than lower-valued properties in other… Read More »A New York Issue That Unites Landlords and the N.A.A.C.P.
The city has another serious water problem. Bloomberg Businessweek by Christopher Flavelle One morning in June 2018, Douglas Yoder climbed into a white government SUV on the edge of Miami and headed northwest, away from the glittering coastline and into the maze of water infrastructure… Read More »Miami Will Be Underwater Soon. Its Drinking Water Could Go First
by Matthew Downhour Although he failed to garner any delegates and has suspended his campaign, Andrew Yang ran perhaps the most remarkable campaign of the primary. Despite having no political experience, and without a massive personal fortune to self-fund with, Yang managed to build a… Read More »What Happened to the Freedom Dividend
By Frank de Jong “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ R. Buckminster Fuller Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are a form of anonymous, electronic currency that is not backed by… Read More »Will Cryptocurrencies Force Land Value Taxation?
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN – 02/13/20 09:54 PM ESTFormer presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Thursday that he thinks New York City should implement a universal basic income. The entrepreneur was asked in his “exit interview” in The New York Times whether he thought enacting the central policy from his campaign in… Read More »Yang: NYC should implement universal basic income
By Alex Burns and Rich Nymoen | 02/10/2020 Creating sustainable land use involves more than just planning. It also requires incentives. That’s why the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club has joined with the Minnesota chapter of Common Ground USA to support state legislation that allows towns to create… Read More »Land Value Tax: A promising land-use tool proposed for our communities
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