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Christine Hunt

LGbD Green Column #18 - How Far is it From Copenhagen to Lincoln?

Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute For Sustainable Communities

Distances in today’s world are relative to effective communications, networks and connections, our systems of human values and access to decision leaders. Upon what other foundations can equity and justice be assured for the public in public policy settings?

The recent international climate change discussions in Copenhagen and the meager outcomes likely seem very far away if you live in one of northern Alaska’s coastal seafaring communities – communities that are falling into the sea because of the melting permafrost...read more

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