By Ian Van der Merwe The following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Environmental Justice series. Contributions reflect on this theme through a variety of lenses, such as environmental justice, combatting green gentrification, and exploring radical approaches to climate change. Read more about this series here. Many planners learn about the Urban Heat … [Read more...] about This Island is Hot
Climate-displaced labor, waste work, and environmental (in)justice in Tiruppur, India
By Nidhi Subramanyam The following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Environmental Justice series. Contributions reflect on this theme through a variety of lenses, such as environmental justice, combatting green gentrification, and exploring radical approaches to climate change. Read more about this series here. “I came to Tamil Nadu just before the … [Read more...] about Climate-displaced labor, waste work, and environmental (in)justice in Tiruppur, India
Greenlining: Environmental Infrastructure and Racial Capitalism in 3 U.S. Cities
By Emma Brice The following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Environmental Justice series. Contributions reflect on this theme through a variety of lenses, such as environmental justice, combatting green gentrification, and exploring radical approaches to climate change. Read more about this series here. From creating urban forests to curbing the … [Read more...] about Greenlining: Environmental Infrastructure and Racial Capitalism in 3 U.S. Cities
‘Cultural Districts’ in San Francisco Exacerbate Issues of Displacement and Affordability
By Stasha Lampert and Toshio Meronek In 2018, San Francisco put the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District on its official map, designating about ten blocks of the central South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood as culturally significant to the queer kink community. Landmarks like the city's first gay bar were disappearing, replaced with techie dorms by a real estate industry adept … [Read more...] about ‘Cultural Districts’ in San Francisco Exacerbate Issues of Displacement and Affordability
Confronting non-profit co-optation through an anti-racist feminist practice
By Deborah Leslie and Norma M. Rantisi The following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Community Economic Development series, which examines a range of initiatives, such as cooperatives, alternative forms of collective land ownership and stewardship, mutual aid networks and worker advocacy/training organizations. Read more about this series … [Read more...] about Confronting non-profit co-optation through an anti-racist feminist practice