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Business and civic leaders, experts, teachers, students, and citizens from all walks of life contributing to the leadership of Portland, Oregon as the most sustainability conscious city in the United States.

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Spongy Parking Lots by Ruth Ann Barrett

This is an overview of the solution for reducing the pollution, water wasting, unattractive properties of surface parking lots in Portland, Oregon

It builds on a January 22, 2015 story on NPR's Morning Edition entitled, Building Sponge City: Redesigning LA for Long Term Drought. Published on Jan 23, 2015. Curated and annotated by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv. Updated June, 2015.

Print Proposal is here. Summary website is www.spongyparkinglots.com.

Websites of team members: Mary Vogel of PlanGreen:Regenerating Communities

Kelli A. Grover, Firwood Design Group (FDG): Surveying, Engineering, Planning

Maria Cahill, Green Girl Land Development Solutions: Cost Effective Storm Water Infrastructure

Suenn Ho, Resolve Architecture: Architectural and Urban Design

Marianne Zarkin: Landscape Architects

Ruth Ann Barrett, EarthSayers.tv: Voices of Sustainability

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Local Efforts to End Homelessness
Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 10 (2017) with Don Mazziotti
Why Don't You Do Something About It? by Sarajoy Pond
Portland Oregon's Bold Climate Action and Sustainability
Sustainability: EarthDay for All and the Challenge of Inequity: Ron Sims
Deep Green, the Movie
Do We Have to Choose? Clean Air, Good Roads, Smart Choice?
Susan Anderson and Jill Kolek: Portland, OR: Solarize Portland Campaig
The Story of "U" by Ruth Ann Barrett
Can a Private Business Model Work for Public Universities?
What Do Oregonians Care About in 2013 with Adam Davis
Architecture and Sustainability by Sergio Palleroni
Oregon Governor on Coal and Cars- Kate Brown
Community-driven Culture of Portland, Oregon, 1 of 2: Rob Bennett
Ozzie Gonzalez, LEED A.P
Sustainability Used To Be A Lot More Work:Portland Center Stage
State of Our Equity: Equal Pay, Income Inequality, & the Minimum Wage Debate
The Carrot Zone Presentation by Ruth Ann Barrett
Negotiating Portland's Development Projects with John Russell
Respect and Equality for All by Ramon Ramirez
When the Ordinary Just Won't Do by Renee Ward
Racism and Portland, Oregon by William Mitchell
5 Things You Should Know About Homelessness-Portland
The Triumph of the Commons by Kim Smith
The Metropolitan Revolution: Selling Sustainability
Old Town/Chinatown Revitalization: Winning Solutions through Restorations
Neighborhoods: One Size Does Not Fit All
The Walkable City by Jeff Speck
Marcelo Bonta of the Center for Diversity & the Environment
Albina Community Bank and Sustainability
Rehabilitation of Old Town/Chinatown Neighborhood
Healthcare & Homelessness Panel at Portland City Club
On Being Eco-minded by Lorie Wigle
Growing Awareness Into Action by Barbara Ford
What Is Community Rights Movement by Paul Cienfuegos
All About Kiva: Matt and Jessica Flannery
A Clear Vision: An Equitable Planet 2 of 2
The Necessity of 'Action Ecology' by Dr. M. Jahi Chappell
Portland Architecture: How Good is Good Enough?
Minority Entrepreneurs in Technology with James Pritchett
Raw Faith: Marilyn Sewell
Fostering Relationship between Committee and Community by LeRoy Patton
Eliminating Homelessness in Portland: Deja vu All Over Again? (2005)

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