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.
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Alan's Articles — page 45

  • The U.S. Coast(al Shipping Industry) Guard

    Oct 21, 2004

  • The Pill Is Good for You

    Oct 21, 2004

  • Plan B Tries Again

    Oct 19, 2004

  • Happy?

    Oct 18, 2004

  • The Cost of Oil, Cont'd

    Oct 16, 2004

  • Alaska's Oil Complex

    Oct 15, 2004

  • PAYD in Ontario

    Oct 15, 2004

  • The Cost of Oil

    Oct 15, 2004

  • Pundit Power

    Oct 15, 2004

  • Virtual Carbon Taxes

    Oct 14, 2004