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2019[edit] Mar 19 New York City news: Composting in NYC [1]  Mar 18 Community involvement USA: How Citizen University is building an army of civic leaders [2] 2018[edit] Dec 3 Climate action USA: The two fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. right now are solar installers and wind technicians. [3]  Dec 1 Climate news 2018: Bristol to Brooklyn, Paris to Pittsburgh: restless cities act themselves on climate crisis [4] How renters are becoming co-owners and co-developers, Nov 8 [5] 2017[edit],_Qu%C3%A9bec,_QC,_Canada.jpg) Canada: A Toolkit for Establishing a Great Lakes Commons, Sep 18 [6]  California news: Check Out Toy Cycle, a New Platform for Families to Swap Toys, Aug 7 [7]  North Carolina: How do you improve a neighborhood? In Belmont, looking to residents for answers, Jul 13 [8]  Colorado: Denver to Get its First Tiny House Village for the Homeless, Jul 6 [9] California news: Sacramento Nonprofit Sol Collective Uplifts Communities Through Art and Activism, Jun 28 [10] Colorado: 5 Ways the Denver Public Library Supports the City's Homeless Population, Jun 8 [11] ‘Tomorrow’ reaches the US! Apr 24 [12] Cities are taking a new approach to homelessness, Apr 4 [13] Why Nonpartisan PAC EveryLibrary Defends the Future of Libraries, Feb 30 [14] The Veterinary Cooperative Helps Independent Veterinarians Thrive, Feb 13 [15] 2016[edit]EPA Finally Concludes Fracking Pollutes Drinking Water, Dec 13 [16] Walking Picks Up Speed, Nov 18 [17] John HancockVoice: How Mining, Oil And Gas Workers Are Retraining For The Solar Economy, Nov 10 [18] Public Food Forests on the Rise, Oct 24 [19] 3 American cities that use 100% renewable energy — and 7 that plan to join them within 20 years, Aug 13 [20] Obama makes new push on solar power, Jul 19 [21] How the humble bicycle is making a comeback in US cities, Jul 14 [22] The hot new trend in American infrastructure: Unpaved roads, Jul 12 [23] Walking Makes Strides in All Kinds of Communities, Jul 6 [24] Meet the Citizens Who Helped Decide Their City’s Budget—and Got Better Buses, Benches, and Crosswalks. Greensboro, North Carolina, is the first Southern city to give citizens direct control over a slice of public spending. May 20 [25] Want to Hire a Worker-Owned Co-op? There’s an App for That, Apr 20 [26] Coopify wants to bring a sense of community to the app-based booking world by connecting worker-owned cooperatives and other low-income task workers directly with consumers. Website Seeks to Make Government Data Easier to Sift Through, Apr 4 [27] A new study looks at why bike share is so much safer than regular biking, Apr 3 [28] “Solar Spring Break” Connects Students with Clean Power In Underserved Communities, Feb 29 [29] A New Advocacy Group Is Lobbying for the Right to Repair Everything, Feb 2 [30] 2015[edit]Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience [31] The Movement to Make Every American Community Walkable, November 13 [32] Communities Pushing For Legal Rights To Regain Power Over Fracking Companies, October 21 [33] How the decline of cars changes cities for the better, October 16 [34] If the U.S. government treated poor people as well as it treats banks, October 15 [35] Streets and Sidewalks Should Be Used to Improve Our Health, September 23 [36] Land Trusts Offer Houses That People With Lower Incomes Can Afford—And a Stepping Stone to Lasting Wealth, September 21 [37] Free Transit Attracts Riders, Helps Communities in More Ways Than One, September 16 [38] A Third American City Is Now Running Entirely On Renewable Energy, September 14 [39] Developers Build Walkable Neighborhoods With Focus on Community Wealth, September 2 [40] 5 New American Rail-Trails, Jul 27 [41] Iowa's Stunning Admission: We Need Fewer Roads, July 8 [42] Administration Announces New Initiative to Increase Solar Access for All Americans, July 7 [43] With driving down, there's a growing backlash against unnecessary highways, June 9 [44] Up to 90 percent of Americans could be fed entirely by local agriculture, June 2 [45] These American cities are fighting for control over electricity and the internet, April 21 [46] The Crackdown on Little Free Library Book Exchanges, February 20 [47] 2014[edit]Zero Vision: A plan to make our roads safe, August 14 [48] Supreme Court Decision on Cross-State Air Pollution Is a Major Victory for Public Health Tuesday, April 29 [49] 2013[edit]Welcome to Commonomics: How to Build Local Economies Strong Enough for Everyone, October 4 [50] 2012[edit]An Interconnected Park Web: How Greenways Create Healthy Communities, January 31 [51] 2010[edit]Designing for Democracy Consultation using a wiki, December 8 [52]
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ContentsComment[edit]2019  Feb 9 San Francisco: Tiny neighborhood libraries worth checking out [53] Jan 8 California news: California’s rooftop solar mandate will normalize clean energy [54] 2018 Dec 17 Food USA: Back to the land: are young farmers the new starving artists? [55] Sep 8 To Restore Civil Society, Start With the Library [56] 2017  This Hawaiian mayor is scoring touchdowns for clean energy, Aug 8 [57]  Texas: Austin's Ride-Hailing Saga Shows Need for More Local Empowerment, Jun 29 [58] Small Towns Can Be Resilient, Too, Mar 29 [59] Climate action USA: This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn't want it going to trial, Mar 9 [60] Can a New Town Square Bridge the Electoral Divide? Feb 27 [61] News sources and further reading[edit]
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