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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

In the 1960s, the construction of interstate highway I-76 and state Route 59 disconnected Summit Lake from the rest of Akron. This was one of many such projects that displaced hundreds of thousands of Black Americans nationwide. All these popular amenities and activities were conceived and constructed in close collaboration with residents.

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How Mobile Home Owners Organize for Land Ownership and Climate Resiliency

NonProfit Quarterly

A Changing Reputation Modular home construction has existed in some form for over a century. Instead, contemporary manufactured homes are regulated under a strict code from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). And the average construction cost of a manufactured home is just $90,000.

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Housing and Climate: Funding Holistic Solutions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

using non-toxic building materials that were manufactured, transported, and constructed using low-carbon, non-polluting methods and materials); reducing energy consumption and pollution; and using integrative design , which incorporates sustainability up front and promotes good health and livability throughout the building’s life cycle.

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Fisheries and Stewardship: Lessons from Native Hawaiian Aquaculture

NonProfit Quarterly

Hawaiian innovation is reflected in the variety of loko i‘a design and construction methods, demonstrating an unparalleled understanding of engineering, hydrology, ecology, biology, and agriculture managed holistically within watershed-scale land divisions called ahupua‘a. Image courtesy of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Hedge Funds That Conduct Classes Today, universities turn their research into lucrative commercial goods and patents in a range of fields, from the pharmaceutical industries and software products to health services and military defense weaponry. Given my work, it specifically focuses on university-driven urban development.