What's New

To continue the progress made last year, US Governors and the United Nations Development Program, in conjunction with The States Climates Project, a Surdna Grantee, co-hosted The Governors' Global Climate Summit 2 in Los Angeles, California. This multi-day summit focused on the "Road to Copenhagen." Read more about it here.

A conference in Boston, MA for people from all perspectives who believe strongly in the role of land use and transit as equal partners in the quest for greater livability and greater communities.  Read more at http://www.railvolution.com

This November, the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities in partnership with Living Cities and the Ohio Grantmakers Forum will sponsor a two-day meeting for directors, staff, and trustees of grantmaking institutions interested in advancing the prosperity and sustainability of cities. The preconference on November 17th will focus on sustainable urban agriculture.

Sponsored by transportation experts, industry, environmental organizations, federal agencies, trade associations and leading foundations including Surdna, this report provides an objective and scientific analysis from the Urban Land Institute of the effectiveness and cost of almost 50 scalable transportation strategies, both alone and combined, to reduce GHG emissions.  Read more at http://www.movingcooler.info/