Calling for a Triple Bottom Line Design Metric
A fledgling program trains designers to consider the ecological, economic, and social issues shaping the built environment.
Social innovations that improve the health of cities (more)
A fledgling program trains designers to consider the ecological, economic, and social issues shaping the built environment.
Common Ground helps reduce the number of people sleeping on New York City streets by opening residential buildings for the homeless and impaired.
The nonprofit sector has taken on the management of a wide range of heretofore government services. Some portions of mass transit should be next.
Delivering change in urban economies.
A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.
A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.
In the aftermath of the US housing crisis, Habitat for Humanity is working to build not just affordable homes, but affordable communities.
From Vision to Action features tried-and-true ways to mitigate the effects of poverty in America.
Community-led dialogue is critical to sustainable collaborative approaches.
A group designing innovative support systems in Portland, Ore., is identifying better ways of living for the homeless and for communities at large.