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A Carey McWilliams award talk

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

I received the Carey McWilliams award at the annual meeting of the California Studies Association in late April. Here’s the speech: Carey McWilliams Award Presentation. As I said in the talk, it was particularly compelling to receive this award in…

Tagged with: Democracy
Posted in Global Trade and Freight Transport, Transportation

the 710 game

Posted on February 17, 2011 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

I attended a public meeting on the future of transportation in the so-called ’710 gap’ area. Most attendees want better transit and greener, living streets, not a freeway extension/ tunnel. I wrote about the meeting for Streetsblog LA.

Tagged with: 710
Posted in Built Environment, Global Trade and Freight Transport, Streets, Transportation, Urban Environment

Honey, China and the Declining Bumble Bee

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

A series of recent studies, news articles, and legal actions involving honey provide a cautionary story about what can be considered the underside of the global food industry. This includes why honey is becoming an increasingly popular product; where the…

Tagged with: bees, china, food system, honey
Posted in Global Trade and Freight Transport, Globalization

too big to miss (tackling the global freight industry)

Posted on October 28, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Streetsblog Los Angeles posted some reflections I had on the Moving Forward Together conference that THE Impact Project held last weekend.

Tagged with: freight, globalization, goods movement, logistics, moving forward together
Posted in Global Trade and Freight Transport, Globalization

The cost of a gobal food chain

Posted on October 21, 2010 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Check out the op ed from yesterday’s L.A. Times written by Bob Gottlieb. We hope to see you folks at the Moving Forward Together Conference this Friday and Saturday to talk more about these important issues! The cost of a…

Moving forward Together Conference tomorrow and saturday!

Posted on October 21, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

In yesterday’s Los Angeles Times my colleague Robert Gottlieb wrote about garlic & globalization: the environmental, economic and cultural costs of an international food system replacing locally grown food. Tomorrow and Saturday (October 22nd and 23rd, 2010), join UEPI, our…

If L.A. is the nation’s trade gateway, “Sprawl is Inevitable”

Posted on October 11, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Last week I wrote about how a fixation on traffic congestion (vs. time or distance) promoted sprawling transportation investments. Here’s another sprawl-promoting obsession that deserves a stake in the heart: the idea that greater Los Angeles’ economic future is to…

good trains, bad trains

Posted on September 20, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Trains. The word summons up an image powered by some of America’s favorite mystiques: our childhood infatuation with the little engine that could and Thomas the Tank Engine; nostalgia for the age of steam and manifest destiny; and the promise…

storing harm

Posted on July 13, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Storing harm: warehouses in the L.A. region Before reaching the shelves of the nation’s stores, the contents of millions of containers imported into the ports of L.A. and Long Beach are stored in warehouses along transportation routes from the ports…

The battle that won’t go away…710 on Trial

Posted on January 20, 2010 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2010 Contact: Zoë Phillips 323-341-5098 / 562-338-3989 (c) phillipsz@oxy.edu Amanda Shaffer 323-259-2759 / 626-818-2348 (c) shaffer@oxy.edu The battle that won’t go away…710 on Trial Action-oriented educational conference to be held at Occidental College LOS ANGELES…