Laurie Ann Mazur


Laurie Mazur is an independent writer and consultant to nonprofit organizations. She is the editor of Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption, and the Environment (Island Press, 1994) and co-author of Marketing Madness: A Survival Guide for a Consumer Society (Westview, 1995).

Fix It and They Will Come

How the renewal of a crumbling New Jersey church became a model for reinvestment in community life.

The Least Sexy, Most Important Resilience Strategy

You probably don’t think of procurement —the steps governments take to obtain goods and services— as a way to create the resilient cities of the future. Think again.