A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 5, 2023

Dear Colleagues, We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled, Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies to be published by ACRL (forthcoming Spring 2024).

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A Library Writer's Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Proposal Deadline: June 19, 2024 Submit Proposals here: [link] You are invited to submit an abstract for a chapter in an upcoming edited book with the working title, Academic Libraries and Sustainable Development published by ACRL. What role are librarians playing in these changes?

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GovPilot

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the complex world of local governance, volunteers serve as the backbone of community based initiatives such as a CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), sustainability committees, local health advocacy groups and much more.

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

To target housing affordability, many land banks are forming partnerships with mission-driven entities focused on quality, sustainable, and affordable housing. Continued support, education, and advocacy towards local-level political leadership is necessary for effective long-term partnerships.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

WVLSC provides as many additional resources for local land banks as possible, including convening monthly meetings to share best practices, training, and advocacy support. Before conducting advocacy at the Capitol, the APC and their partners made sure that they had solid information with which to educate legislators.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Years ago, Arlington County, Virginia used to sponsor a sustainable mobility expo. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

This data empowers global researchers and policymakers to make informed decisions and develop targeted strategies and advocacy efforts that mitigate the harmful effects of air pollution. Besides the AirGradient Map , the data is also fed to open source platform OpenAQ , which provides real-time access to air quality data globally.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Jacaranda Health , a Kenya-based nonprofit organization, is on a mission to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths by deploying low-cost, sustainable solutions that improve the quality of care in government health systems. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa.

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Barrett & Greene

JUNE 22, 2022

There’s a seemingly endless list of purchases which can be made with an eye toward sustainability and environmental soundness, just beginning with lawn mowers, leaf blowers, fleets of vehicles including buses, paper, cleaning fluids, and on and on.”.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Too many people think biking is recreational or a joke in terms of sustainable mobility. A year or two ago, in Chicago, where there was a CTA closure, a local bike advocacy organization did do a one-day bike bus, but this needs to be done more often.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And yes, they have an Active Transportation Committee focused on developing sustainable mobility options. But I guess they don't have a set of basic standards about what a regional bikeway network should look like and how it should be implemented.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. Like many cities, Salt Lake is a leader in trying to balance the modes with a renewed focus on sustainable modes--walking, biking, and transit.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 21, 2020

your sustainability plan). If you don’t have a way to keep the project going without additional grant funding, many foundations will not give you a grant because they prefer to fund initiatives that have a chance for a lasting, sustained impact. Do you provide direct services to individuals, or are you an advocacy organization?

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Let's Talk Parks

AUGUST 22, 2021

The key is to find a method that is sustainable over the long term – meaning it is easy to update and make changes. Like any point of strategic adoption of technology, advocacy and support from your colleagues is often the missing link with adoption. It makes updating your policies a total pain – take it from my experience.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. national parks are trying to go carbon-free.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 24, 2022

CRH is the only 501(c)(3) in Puerto Rico dedicated to leveraging vacant and abandoned properties as assets for building sustainable communities. Their specialties include urban planning, public policy, landscape design, permaculture, and sustainable land stewardship advocacy.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Casey Anderson, the chair, was someone I met through bike advocacy, and in 2010, as a member of the Planning Board, he invited me to present on " best practice suburban bicycle planning " at the Montgomery County Planning smart growth series, based on the work I was doing at the time in Baltimore County.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JULY 26, 2021

Where, I keep wondering, is the same energy, enthusiasm and fashionable fascination with “mission” reforms in science, technology and manufacturing that might be directed at remaking, for example, a health and care system with the same vigour, advocacy and resourcing?

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Why is grant writing crucial for nonprofit organizations' sustainability and growth? Grant writing is indispensable for the sustainability and growth of nonprofit organizations. In summary, grant writing is the lifeblood of nonprofit sustainability and growth.

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Librarian.net

JULY 10, 2021

link] americanlibrariesmagazine.org/ blogs/the-scoop/council-ii- restructuring-and- sustainability/. SustainRT (Sustainability Round Table) produced a really well-written and presented resolution about making ALA more sustainable in terms of climate change, carbon neutrality and encouraging all parts of ALA to pursue these goals.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In a groundbreaking move for national road safety policy, Mexico has elevated to their constitution a universal right to safe mobility. On October 14, the country’s Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted in favor of adding an amendment to Mexico’s constitution: Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

Some bike advocacy groups do, like Bike Easy in New Orleans ( Adult programs ). But for the most part, I think it's a huge missed opportunity for city and county park and recreation programs to not offer programming for biking for transportation. But most don't.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

. -- " The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ," 2017 -- " Verkehrsverbund: The evolution and spread of fully integrated regional public transport in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ," International Journal of Sustainable Transportation , 2018 When I first (..)

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

MAY 1, 2020

The piece that seems to be missing from the sometimes hyped advocacy for one of the two extreme positions is the ability to see in this “unfreezing” a chance to design something different, tailored to our needs and circumstances and not dictated by choices that reflect the world to which we might do well not to snap back so quickly.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa. Climate Next: How sustainability champions around the world use cloud-powered tech to fight climate change. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation uses AWS to advance cutting-edge pediatric cancer research worldwide. Using AWS to help students find an affordable college.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

By making sure members receive the most value from their content, this provides a direct value, which converts into sustaining and growing their member base. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa. 63% of members see personalization as a standard level of service.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The difference between the two worlds One of the problems I had with academic writing was actually sustaining interest in my own projects long enough to get all the way through the academic publishing pipeline. So in Spring 2022, I decided to leave my academic job at the end of the semester.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 10, 2023

Here in Salt Lake City, a local sustainable mobility group advocated for a dedicated bus lane on a street with only four lanes, for a bus line with fewer than 2,400 riders per day. On the other hand, it's all the more reason to discontinue services that are not only minimally used, but duplicated by other services. That's crazy.

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The City Fix

JUNE 26, 2023

Cities occupy just 3 percent of the Earth’s land, but account for most of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Many cities are also more vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters due to their population densities and interconnected infrastructure.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Seattle Times has an article, " After reaching sad record last year, WA traffic deaths trend higher ," about how traffic related deaths are still rising, while they are plateauing elsewhere. An interesting point is that there are fewer crashes, but more deaths per crash.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Harris predicts partnering and cooperation will grow in the coming year: “There will be more regional collaboration and engagement with communities and stakeholders within a community on sustainability initiatives. Harris says inclusion and equity are being prioritized within sustainability topics as the New Year approaches.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Clean Air Advocacy In these letters to the editor of Backwoods Home, readers gain tips on canning garlic and mixed vegetables. Clean Air Canada This is the Canadian site for clean air advocacy and goes into law and policy for the country. Clean Energy Websites. Websites for Local and Federal Clean Air Issues. Where does your city rank?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. Pedestrian advocacy organizations like Feet First in Seattle have provided a great deal of support to Walk to School efforts. But that our management processes aren't set up to do that.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 6, 2022

problem with Blogger -- He has a pro-public space, pro sustainable mobility based campaign. He relocated to Canada about 20 years ago and founded the advocacy group 8 80 Cities, based around the idea that streets and other infrastructure should be designed to accommodate citizens from eight to 80 years old, not just able-bodied adults.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

Admittedly, many transportation agencies are investing a lot in urban design, livable streets, sustainable mobility, etc. But even in the best agencies, a lot of the time sustainable mobility and urban design elements are overlooked, or removed from plans because of the cost. Mayors as systems integrators.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For the most part, US transportation policy says that sustainable mobility is a good thing to do, everything in practice and funding prioritizes automobility, and makes sustainable mode support optional, not required. That's why the SF policy is so novel. Transit (and bicycling) opposition.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 11, 2023

Interest groups and advocacy organizations certainly resisted the cuts or tax increases, but the debate centered more around the fairness of shared fiscal pain rather than whether cuts or tax increases should be made at all. ​ It has before, why not again? And how people perceive a loss is heavily influenced by context.

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