Green streets, healthier lives

[Another blog entry I wrote for ACE]

Green streets, healthier lives

November 18, 2008

The Globe’s Green Blog recently highlighted a study touting the health benefits of community green space.

The study suggested that parks, trees, and landscaped areas in a neighborhood can help reduce residents’ risk of heart attack and stroke…[Read more]

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Read Full Post | November 20 2008 | Environment |

Sustainable neighborhood development must be pedestrian centered

[Another blog entry I wrote for ACE]

October 22, 2008

Over the course of a month this summer, three pedestrians were struck and injured by cars along Washington Street between Dudley Square and Melnea Cass Blvd. These tragedies are common and indicative of the unsafe conditions that traffic congestion creates in Dudley Square. Pedestrians from nearby parks, schools, stores, and housing must contend with cars and buses, often speeding down Ruggles Street, Washington Street and Shawmut Avenue (which bound ACE’s office at 2181 Washington Street). Read more…

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Read Full Post | October 22 2008 | Work |

TRU on Morning Edition

The T Rider’s Union, a program of ACE which “organizes public transit riders to build a unified voice and movement for better public transportation in Greater Boston,” was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition today.  The five and a half minute segment entitled “Riding the Bus” covered MBTA bus ridership and debt.  Two of the people I worked with over the summer, John and Lee, discussed the MBTA’s subpar service.  Read the story here or listen to it here.

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Read Full Post | August 04 2008 | Transportation |

Wal-Mart, communities of color, and cause-related marketing

[This is the last blog entry I helped write for ACE]:

Wal-Mart, communities of color, and cause-related marketing

August 1, 2008

ACE recently received an unsolicited email from Wal-Mart commending our work. It said that “REEP is a wonderful program” and that Wal-Mart appreciates the connections REEP makes between environmental sustainability and education. It’s always rewarding when REEP is recognized, but the praise from Walmart is a bit puzzling as our mission and vision contradict Wal-Mart’s business practices… [Read More]