Activism

Finding Planners with Shared Interests: The Post-Graduation Experience

Mon, 06/29/2009 - 06:43

In recent months many planning students have graduated and are moving on to the next phase of life—jobs, internships, fellowships, and such. For many this will involve a move to a new place. Even those staying in the same metropolitan area will seldom make it back to their planning program, and besides their fellow students will have scattered. Graduate school provides a peer group of those with similar interests and training. How do recent graduates create such a network when they are no longer in residence at a university?

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New Airport Runway Spawns Town of Activists

Recently approved plans to build a third runway at Heathrow International Airport mean the village of Sipson will be completely paved over. As a result, villagers have become activists, and they discuss their efforts in this video.

19 January 2009 - 6:00am

Guardian

NIMBY's Warm to WalMart

According to a new survey conducted by The Saint Consulting Group, opposition to WalMart developments has fallen while malls, casinos and landfills have increased.

16 January 2009 - 5:00am

The Saint Report

Grassroots Environmental Movement Sprouts in China

Environmental activism is on the rise in China. It's not a fast rise, but its existence is seen by many as a major step.

16 April 2008 - 11:00am

BBC

Reclaiming L.A. as a Cycling City

Over 100 years ago, a wooden bicycle highway linked Pasadena to Los Angeles. Now cycling activists are hoping that, by closing the Arroyo Seco Parkway to automobiles for "ArroyoFest," Angelinos can once again imagine a cycling future for LA.

10 April 2008 - 9:00am

Sierra