Community Capital: Economic Development With a Sense of Place
- Business, Community, Environmental Justice, Policy, Sustainable Development
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ComCap17, community capital, Featured, local economies, localism, sustainable development
- September 7, 2017
It’s the economy, stupid. In 1992, political strategist James Carville coined his catchy admonition ostensibly to keep his staff on message, arguably helping pave the way to Bill Clinton’s presidency. Carville’s “snowclone” phrase has since been bent and contorted into service across a wide swath of issues. It’s time to bring the expression home. “It’s the local economy” While nuanced in …
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The Sad Irony of Trump’s Presidential Response to Hurricane Harvey
- Adaptation, Climate, Climate Change, Commentary, News, Op-Ed
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climate change, extreme weather, Featured, hurricane harvey, planetwatch, trump
- August 31, 2017
The oblivious president On Tuesday, August 29, as Hurricane Harvey lingered over Houston dumping an “unprecedented” four feet of rain, plus a few inches, the presidential entourage landed in Corpus Christi. Three days earlier Hurricane Harvey came ashore north of cialis Corpus, pounding the small community of Rockport as a Category 4 storm. South Texas took the brunt of what …
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Climate Refugees and the Delusion of Isolation
One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic Be it from social unrest, economic upheaval, or environmental collapse, forced human migration is at unprecedented levels. According to the UNHCR, there are more than 65 million displaced people in the world today. Of those, more than 22 million are forced refugees. Over half are under 18 years old. Nearly 20 …
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