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 5 Will Seattle Suppress a Key Parking Fix? A case study in boring, no-name reports meaning a whole lot for a city’s smart growth plans. Sep 1, 2016 September 1, 2016 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Green Stamps: A Climate Equity Proposal for the Pacific Northwest A homegrown climate solution could power all Northwest families to a carbon-free future. Aug 16, 2016 August 16, 2016 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/kristineberhard/ Fellow Weighing the Critiques of CarbonWA’s I-732 Three points of contention in Washington’s fight for a carbon-free future. Aug 3, 2016 August 3, 2016 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/kristineberhard/ Fellow Does I-732 Really Have a “Budget Hole”? To the digit that anyone can accurately forecast, the tax swap is revenue-neutral. Aug 2, 2016 August 2, 2016 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/kristineberhard/ Fellow Weighing CarbonWA’s Tax Swap Ballot Initiative Washington climate hawks' guide to the pros and cons of I-732. Aug 1, 2016 August 1, 2016 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/kristineberhard/ Fellow And the Most Car-Sharing City in Cascadia Is… The 2016 results may surprise you. May 10, 2016 May 10, 2016 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director What Paris Means for Cascadia Broken democracy holds us back, but climate activism pushes us forward. Dec 28, 2015 December 28, 2015 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/kristineberhard/ Fellow A Win for Northwest Democracy Honest Elections Seattle I-122 passes! Nov 3, 2015 November 3, 2015 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director No, Honest Elections Doesn’t Silence Minority Business Owners But the opposition campaign is willing to flat-out lie about that. Oct 22, 2015 October 22, 2015 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director Yes, Seattle’s Elections Should Be Cleaner than Chicago’s Debunking scare lines about Honest Elections Seattle’s first-rate contribution limits. Oct 21, 2015 October 21, 2015 Alan Durning https://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/ Executive Director « Previous 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 59 Next »
