Washington-based writer and editor reporting on land, property and cities for the Thomson Reuters Foundation | https://teapawt.org/t.co/0r5MQsDd7g
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What do the green jobs in a green transition actually look like? Our team takes a look, from South Africa to India, Mexico to Malaysia @KimHarrisberg @Rolionaroll @DianaBaptistaR @clbtea @meganrowling context.news/in-focus/green-…
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🍔 Forget calories, it could be time to count the carbon footprint of your meals.
🔴 More companies are using labels to show the level of planet-heating gases emitted in making our food and products.
Could the move help us tackle climate change - or is it just greenwashing? 🧵
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.@clbtea looked into this issue for us in 2019 news.trust.org/item/20190219…
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Ace video on “van lifers” by @Morgane_Mounier - and here’s the full story by @clbtea – at Lambeth, London
The open road was their home. But now #coronavirus is putting the brakes on this nomadic way of life.
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"Packing a projector: U.S. activists stage light invasion": Interesting article by @clbtea on the question of whether (political) light projections are a form of property trespass in the US (light pollution doesn't seem to factor in here): thisisplace.org/i/?id=3a5b25…
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Granny flats can also be excellent housing for onsite caregivers that assist people with disabilities.
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I did a short video about backyard housing in Los Angeles, check it out. youtu.be/w3jLe6c6eaQ
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Like to think we helped spread this idea thisisplace.org/i/?id=edf591… @clbtea @thisisplace @landpolicy lincolninst.edu/publications… citylab.com/design/2016/05/h…
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People without homes are 3 to 4 times more likely to die prematurely than the general population, reports @clbtea. #sdoh urbn.is/2EVOscR
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“Rebuilding cultural heritage can be a tough sell in situations when people are traumatized and hungry,” says @clbtea for @Reuters, but IPI’s @Nadia_AlSaid argues, “Protecting world heritage is a pathway to peace.” Read here: thisisplace.org/i/?id=0fc171… – at Brooklyn, NY
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"Not a lot of people realize this wall is not just at the border," said Mary McCord, a senior litigator with @GeorgetownICAP. "Housing communities would be cut off. People would have to go through a gate to get to their house." Via @clbtea: news.trust.org//item/2019021…
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Cities need to grow up - not out - to survive, researchers warn. thisisplace.org/i/?id=e8ac61… @clbtea @worldresources @wrirosscities
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Thousands of international indigenous activists took to the streets of Washington D.C., U.S. for the first ever #IndigenousPeoplesMarch to bring attention to injustices endured by Indigenous people everywhere l #PropertyRights #IPMDC19 @indigenouspeoplesmovement
📸 @TRF/@clbtea
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Connecting #housing with sustainable urbanization in the #NewUrbanAgenda | Citiscope ow.ly/LYoQN #HabitatIII #Hab3 #PrepCom2