From the CEO
Bill Shutkin considers how all change is local and why place matters more than ever in our global age.
Scenarios E-Journal
Past Issue
Winter 2005 - 2006
All Change Is Local
Bill Roper touches down in Hayden, Colorado, a tiny ranch town with a lot of controversy and even more character. John Fox talks with builder and entrepreneur John Abrams about his work with the South Mountain Company on Martha's Vineyard. And essayist Bill McKibben writes about a new kind of working landscape in Burlington, VT that's reconnecting people, food and land, redefining what it means to be local.
Contents
Speaking of Place
Guest essayist Bill McKibben writes about the Intervale, a new kind of working landscape in Burlington, VT that’s reconnecting people, food and land and redefining what it means to be local.
On the Ground
Planning Action Director Bill Roper takes us to Hayden, Colorado, a small ranching community that grabbed hold of the reins and decided when, where and how to grow.
Innovator in Place
Planning Vision Director John Fox speaks to builder, social entrepreneur and author John Abrams about what it means to commit to the business of place.
Tech Toolbox
Ken Snyder, Director of Planning Tools and The Planning CoLaboratory, takes us under the hood of a technology that's helping keep decision-making open and democratic.
What We're Reading
John Fox reviews In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World (MIT Press, 2005), John Thackara's manifesto for designing our way out of difficulty in a new, technological age.
Featured Website
Headwaters News provides a daily snapshot of news and opinion in the Rocky Mountain region, giving the changing mountain West a tool to understand itself and a platform for the exchange of ideas.