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 57

  • When I'm 64

    May 3, 2004

  • Getting railroaded II

    May 3, 2004

  • Then and Now

    Apr 30, 2004

  • Fishy Logic

    Apr 29, 2004

  • Bad Air Days

    Apr 29, 2004

  • The Condo Gap

    Apr 29, 2004

  • Hydro-Generation

    Apr 28, 2004

  • Ada Boy!

    Apr 27, 2004

  • Mars First!

    Apr 27, 2004

  • Are you dense?

    Apr 27, 2004