Alan Durning Alan Durning, executive director, founded Northwest Environment Watch in 1993, which became Sightline Institute in 2006. Alan’s current topics of focus include housing affordability and democracy reform. He has also written about parking, Making Sustainability Legal, car-free living, bike-friendliness, electric bikes, and climate fairness. Alan has written or contributed to nine Sightline books, including Unlocking Home: Three Keys to Affordable Communities, Cascadia Scorecard 2007, Tax Shift, Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things, and the award-winning This Place on Earth: Home and Practice of Permanence. Prior to founding Sightline, Alan was a senior researcher at Worldwatch Institute. There, he studied the human dimensions of sustainability and wrote the award-winning book How Much Is Enough?, as well as chapters in seven State of the World reports and articles in hundreds of other publications. A sought-after speaker, he has lectured at the White House, major universities, and conferences on five continents. In addition to his passion for sustainability, Alan is a music fiend and a lover of outdoor pursuits, especially mountaineering and cycling. Read his full bio here. Email Alan RSS Feed Subscribe Alan's Articles — page 2 Yes, Other Places Do Housing Better, Case 3: Paris The world’s most improved city for abundant housing in low-carbon neighborhoods Jul 26, 2021 July 26, 2021 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Yes, Other Countries Do Housing Better, Case 2: Germany Most German localities welcome new homes; their budgets depend on it. May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Yes, Other Countries Do Housing Better, Case 1: Japan Political lessons from ten nations about building affordable, low-carbon neighborhoods. Mar 25, 2021 March 25, 2021 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director The Contradiction at the Heart of Housing Policy Is a new left-right realignment possible? Feb 25, 2021 February 25, 2021 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director The Problem With US Housing Policy Is That It’s Not About Housing It’s about real estate. Feb 12, 2021 February 12, 2021 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director A Green Voter’s Guide to Cascadia’s 2020 Election Results Results that caught our eyes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and elsewhere. Nov 3, 2020 November 3, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead Five Steps to Prevent Displacement Why and how abundant-housing advocates should fight displacement. Aug 3, 2020 August 3, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic: #4. Cheap Beef The pandemic is knocking this climate-killing food down a notch. Jul 27, 2020 July 27, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic #3: The Hegemony of Fossil Fuels Their economic power is crumbling. How soon will their political power follow? Jul 20, 2020 July 20, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic. #2: Junk Mail Already declining before Covid, ad mail has plummeted. Jul 13, 2020 July 13, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director « Previous 1 2 3 4 … 59 Next »
