#FOREWORD FRIDAY: What's It Going to Take?

Before he announced his candidacy for president, Jay Inslee was an Island Press author dedicated to igniting America's clean energy economy.

Lessons from an Unlikely Community Organizer in DC

“I want to make sure that we can do all the economic development stuff...but if everyone's miserable on the inside, it's not worth a beautiful facade.”

Our Spring 2019 Urbanist Journalism Fellowship is Now Open!

Can you sniff out a great story? Do you have a unique perspective that is currently missing from DC-area conversations about urban planning? If that sounds like you, you just might be a great fit!

#FOREWORDFRIDAY: Food on the Cheap

In this week's #ForewordFriday, hear the story of the straight-shooting “green economy cowboy” Bob Quinn in his own words. 

Podcast: Life After Carbon Author Peter Plastrik

In the latest episode in our series of Urban Resilience Project (URP) podcasts in partnership with Infinite Earth Radio, host Mike Hancox speaks with Peter Plastrik about Life After Carbon, his new book on the next global transformation of cities in the era of climate change.

A Chat with Bob Quinn & Liz Carlisle

Kirkus Reviews called it "A compelling agricultural story skillfully told; environmentalists will eat it up." In Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food you’ll hear the story of a straight-shooting “green economy cowboy” in his own words—following Bob Quinn from the farm fields of Montana to Italian university research labs where he discovered the health benefits of ancient wheat.

#ForewordFriday: Great Lakes Water Wars

This edition of The Great Lakes Water Wars is an engrossing, essential book for readers of the first edition and new readers alike.  

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