economic justice - The Handbuilt City

the sears tower looms beyond the brutalist campus of the university of illinois chicago, where the summer institute on sustainability and energy (SISE) takes place.

Best Nerds Podcast No. 2: Innovation and Equity in Transportation

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments argonne national lab, best nerds, best nerds on earth, best nerds podcast, bike lanes, bike lanes and gentrification, bike lanes are white lanes, city planning, DDOT, detroit department of transportation, economic justice, equity, ian edward munroe, ian munroe, JCESR, kelsey zlevor, kunal sahasrabuddhe, lisa nuszkowski, Mikki Taylor-Hendrix, mobility, MoGo, mogo detroit, Nat Zorach, public transit, racial justice, summer institute on sustainability and energy, thomas alaan, transit, transit justice, transit organizing, transportation, transportation justice, university of illinois chicago, university of new orleans, Urban planning, wsp

Our second podcast is finally out. I take responsibility for the delay. There were some technical issues I ran into,

Sustainability Poverty Energy Housing Utilities

MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments affordable housing, Brad Banks, Briana Parker, CMS, Consumers Energy, Detroit, DTE Energy, economic justice, Elevate Energy, energy, energy justice, housing, Indiana Michigan Power, mary templeton, metro detroit, michigan, michigan public service commission, MPSC, public utilties, racial justice, racism, redlining, SEAS, segregation, SEMCO, Sharonda Williams-Tack, Sierra Club, Tim Skrotzki, Tony G. Reames, Tony Reames, utilities, water justice

Dr. Tony G. Reames of the University of Michigan, Briana Parker of Elevate Energy, and others presented at an MPSC meeting on some approaches to the question of equity in energy efficiency for low-income communities and communities of color.

Culture & Language Lifestyle

Handbuilt Summer Reading List

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments accounting, banking, black capitalism, books, capitalism, corporations, culture, economic justice, fractional reserve banking, free market, markets, neoliberalism, policy, private equity, racial justice, reading, reading list, reading lists

Okay. You’re locked down, quarantined, or unemployed. Stop scrolling mindlessly through the feed and read! It’s a great opportunity to

Public Health Public Safety Movements & Organizing

A Tale Of Two Protests

June 29, 2020July 27, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments 1a, 2a, black lives matter, chief craig, demonstrations, Detroit, economic justice, gun rights, guns, LGBTQ, LGBTx, mike duggan, pride, protest, protesters, protests, second amendment, social justice, St. Louis

A screaming couple brandished guns at St. Louis protesters walking past their mansion, while in Detroit, a bootstrapped protest roused a multiethnic, LGBTx crowd to bike around Southwest Detroit.

Environmental Justice Urban Planning Michigan Environment

Detroit Climate Action Plan Released

October 26, 2017December 5, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments climate change, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, Dominic DiCicco, economic justice, environmental justice, environmentalism, Ford, Guy Williams, Joel Howrani-Heeres, Kimberly Hill Knott, Omar Gates, Roslyn Ogburn, sustainability

At the North End Christian CDC, outside a hoophouse in Detroit’s North End, Kimberly Hill-Knott recounted the origins of the