Forward Follow us Like us The Right to Contribute: A Report from the Placemaking Leadership Council On April 11-13, more than three hundred Placemakers from all walks of life gathered in Detroit, Michigan, for the inaugural meeting of the Placemaking Leadership Council. Today, on the eve of Earth Day, PPS …
How Markets Grow: Learning From Manhattan’s Lost Food Hub
As the holiday season kicks into high gear, no doubt many of you have food on the brain. But as you go about gathering the ingredients for your various traditional feasts and treats, remember that the choices that we make about where to shop today can have big impacts on …
Occupy What?–The Occupy movement captured the world’s attention.
Occupy What? by G. Benjamin Bingham The Occupy movement captured the world’s attention. In fact for a time it seemed, through the media, that the world was pre-occupied with it. The pre-eminent question was: what “it” was. With ironic smiles the news casters poked fun at the apparently aimless freak …
Watch Jeff Sachs with Occupy Wall Street
Jeffrey Sachs at Occupy Wall Street New End Tax Haven Secrecy Video Out – Take Action A Gentle Riposte To Those Promoting Tax Havens – Or The Answer’s In The Ballot Box Responsible Businesses and Investors Should Adopt Sustainable Tax Framework Decency: An Idea Whose Time Has Come 2011 Annual …
Where is my local farmers market?
Local Farmers Markets A farmer’s market is one in which farmers, growers, or producers from a defined local area sell their own produce directly to the public. They are usually outdoors, in public spaces, and all products sold are grown, reared, caught, brewed, pickled, baked, smoked, or processed by the …
Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: A Low-cost, High-impact Placemaking Approach
A Low-cost, High-impact Placemaking Approach to Improve Your Community Now As people everywhere struggle to do more with less and cry out for places of meaning and beauty, we have to find fast, creative, profitable ways to capitalize on local ingenuity and turn public spaces into treasured community places. Read …