Our new Sustainable Communities book now available for pre-order!

Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments, 5th edition Mark Roseland, Margaret Stout, and Maria Spiliotopoulou ISBN: 9780865719743 Pre-Order is available now for paperback and ebooks (also on Amazon, Target, and Barnes & Noble). Purchase the book for yourself…

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To what extent is sustainability addressed at urban scale and how aligned is it with Earth’s productive capacity?

New research article I co-authored, just published online by Elsevier’s Sustainable Cities and Society. Abstract Humanity’s demand for resources exceeds annually the Earth’s productive capacity (EPC), defined as the total regenerative and assimilative capacities of our planet. This article asks…

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The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

Repost from The Lancet – originally published on October 20, 2021. Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet…

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To What Extent is Sustainability Addressed at Urban Scale and How Aligned is it with Earth’s Carrying Capacity?

This important research is presented at the pre-print stage: Vigier, M., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. M., Spiliotopoulou, M., Moore, J., & Rees, W. E. To What Extent is Sustainability Addressed at Urban Scale and How Aligned is it with Earth’s Carrying Capacity?….

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