Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck

The bestselling urban planning book of the past decade, translated into seven languages, Walkable City has changed the conversation on community design across America and beyond. It is reissued here with an extensive update, including eight new chapters covering housing equity, COVID, Uber, autonomous vehicles, urban forests, and more.

“Yes in Our Backyards” by Bill McKibben  

Bill McKibben, author, educator, and environmentalist who helped found 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, discusses why It’s time progressives learned to love the green building boom.  

“As cities confront climate change, is density the answer?” by Patrick Sisson  

Reporter Patrick Sisson discusses how cities’ efforts to increase urban density decreases emissions and improves the environment.   

  Third Act was founded by Bill McKibben to build a progressive organizing movement for people over the age of 60.  

“Protecting Water Resources with Higher-Density Development” by the Environmental Protection Agency  

The EPA shares their studies as to how higher-density development better protects water resources.