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 3 Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic. #1: Handshakes They’re swap meets for germs. Jul 6, 2020 July 6, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Black Lives Matter General Strike What we've been reading. Jun 12, 2020 June 12, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director The Plague Brought the Renaissance. What Could COVID-19 Bring? Three hypotheses on post-pandemic life. May 8, 2020 May 8, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Bottom-Up Upzoning Would voluntary, block-level upzones circumvent the politics that create housing shortages? Feb 28, 2020 February 28, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director One of North America’s Boldest Housing Initiatives Has Reached Its End: Did It Work? What the ambitious Seattle HALA plan reveals about building affordable, low-carbon cities. Feb 21, 2020 February 21, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Know Thine NIMBY The motives that produce housing lockdown. Feb 14, 2020 February 14, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Residential Lockdown Mapping the political battlefield of housing. Feb 7, 2020 February 7, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director The Climate Clock Is Running Out What would affordable, post-carbon cities look like? Jan 31, 2020 January 31, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Yes, We Can Make Cities Affordable and Low-Carbon. It Requires Smart Strategy What’s the best political blueprint for making housing abundant in walkable neighborhoods? Jan 24, 2020 January 24, 2020 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director What Would Our Cities Look like If We Took Our Climate Change Values Seriously? Vienna, Paris, and Barcelona. Aug 12, 2019 August 12, 2019 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 59 Next »
