Jay Walljasper’s Articles

Great Places & Communities Travel, transportation & social revitalization Our Place in the World America’s Greatest Neighborhood Finding my Soul through the Power of Place How Tourism Can Help Us See A Better World The Unrecognized Power of Neighborhoods What We Can Learn from Europe’s Urban Success Stories Rise of the Slow Travel Movement Save the Planet on Your Own Block A Latin American Hero Offers a New Vision for the World’s Cities The Future of Transportation Will Be Different Than You Think An Artists Whose Masterpiece is a Transformed Neighborhood What Rome Can Teach Us About the Good Life The Surprising Promise of Biking and Walking Mayors Are Taking Over the World Seven Gears of Separation: My Glorious Bicycle Misadventure

Current Ideas & Issues Culture, politics & the common good Why Life in the Fast Lane Fails to Fulfill Us. Sustainable Breakthrough in South America’s Rainforest Good News About Your Net Worth Patron Saint of Spiritual Ecology How to Stay Sane in a Busy World The Transformative Moment is Now The Marco Polo of Mental Well-Being Unlikely Rise of Green Conservatives Heretic for Our Times Victory for the Common Good New Dimension of Taste in Fresh Food The Joy of Eating The 5th of July

Senior Fellow, Editor

On The Commons .org

Cities Columnist

Shareable.net

Senior Associate

Citiscope

Senior Fellow

Project For Public Spaces

Senior Fellow

Augsburg College Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning

Associate

The Citistates Group

"Jay Walljasper regales us with stories of folks all over the country who have rolled up their sleeves to make big changes in the world."

— Jim Hightower, bestselling author, radio show host and former Texas Secretary of Agriculture

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What We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons (July 2010)

The Great Neighborhood Book

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