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 55

  • The Long View

    May 20, 2004

  • Plan B in Canada

    May 18, 2004

  • Smarter Gas Taxes

    May 17, 2004

  • Interest in Inflation

    May 16, 2004

  • The Dearth of Growth

    May 12, 2004

  • Pesticides R Us

    May 12, 2004

  • Toxic Dusting

    May 12, 2004

  • Taxing Cancer

    May 12, 2004

  • Getting Warmer . . .

    May 11, 2004

  • Where Have All the Salmon Gone?

    May 11, 2004