President & CEO of @EmeraldCities. Urban planner with more than 35 years of experience, specializing in sustainable development. Views are my own.

Washington DC
Joined August 2012
DC Women's March feels like Obamas inauguration chants in subway
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#ECSUMMIT25..!!! Inspiring people power. Thanks MRT
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LA 25thEmpowermentCongress is the Congress we need!
@ThisIsDGF Listening to World leaders commit to sustainable and inclusive development #Habitat3 #newurbanagenda with US delegation@HUD
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Anchors key to building community wealth .. key to equity and climate resilience #citychat
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#NAACP working to increase local participation in rural electric coops that community never knew they owned. I guess coops r #citychat
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A.4. Growing efforts to support communityowned energy sources #citychat
Q.4. Equity is key in planning and ownership and building capacity for self-reliance #citychat
#citychat. what about water? and drought? and heat? what can anchors do?
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A.2 @hcwithoutharm I believe is helping Anchors develop "green employee benefit programs. Right? #citychat
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A.2 In general I think Anchors r not doing enuff to build community climate resilience #citychat
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a.2 local business development is needed to ensure access to basic needs. Katrina lost 20k businesses.= #citychat
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A2) Kaiser committed to 110MW of off site solar and 43MW of wind. Could be used for community solar needs #citychat
@4copperwire @MITCoLab . A2) K-12 are key to community resilience. They teach urban gardening and other measures #citychat
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@4copperwire @MITCoLab They are Anchors and critical to CR. They have a role in mitigation, recovery and adaptation #citychat
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A2. SEEDS, a community collage sustainability network is testing ways for CCs to become safe havens #citychat
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A1 An institution is a resilient as the community's resilience. Anchors need to invest in community resilience
A.1 Anchors need to be climate resilient themselves. They are safe havens under extreme weather#citychat