The Political Economy Research Institute, a Surdna grantee, considers the effects of a $150 billion annual investment in clean energy on raising living standards for lower-income workers and families. Click here to read more.
Resources
Green Prosperity: How Clean Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States
Rightside Spotlight
Grantee Spotlight: Design Corps and Tulane City Center
Design Corps supports the vital role that design can play in addressing critical issues and needs of communities. Through the Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) initiative, Design Corps provides communities, institutions and design professionals with the tools and services they need to integrate community-engaged processes into design activities, leading to projects that reflect a community's values and cultural identities. Public inclusion as a "best practice" in design is increasingly recognized as a highly effective way to sustain the health and longevity of a place or a community.
Sustainable Environments What's New
Sustainable Environments Resources
- Growing Wealthier: Smart Growth, Climate Change and Prosperity: New Report by the Center for Clean Air Policy
- "Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City" Documentary on PBS
- Building a Clean Energy Assembly Line
- Bringing Residential Energy Efficiency to Scale
- Stranded at the Station: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Public Transportation
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