Dayton Is Making the Library a Must-Visit Destination With recording studios, dazzling art installations, and rooms equipped for virtual reality, the city is future-proofing an oft-neglected urban amenity.… Continue reading “Dayton Is Making the Library a Must-Visit Destination”…
America Is Waking Up to Being Wasteful with Plastic It’s time to kiss the plastics goodbye. No, not the Mean Girls; I mean the plastics you use every day:… Continue reading “America Is Waking Up to Being Wasteful with Plastic”…
It’s Time to Meet Regenerative Fiber Do you know where your clothes came from? No, not the store, the label, or the brand. Or China, India,… Continue reading “It’s Time to Meet Regenerative Fiber”…
Dark Communities are Healthier Communities Have you ever seen the Milky Way? The very galaxy we are a part of? I have. But I had… Continue reading “Dark Communities are Healthier Communities”…
Smart cities look to their citizens, not multi-national corporations U.S. cities, it seems, sometimes are setting themselves up for decay, with big tax giveaways, ever-rising prices and systems that put the bulk of… Continue reading “Smart cities look to their citizens, not multi-national corporations”…
Why we must think long-term Whenever the conversation turns to our country’s current situation and immediate future, people say we’re screwed. I hear that over… Continue reading “Why we must think long-term”…
Five big myths sold by the defenders of capitalism I’ve been writing about the economic and environmental realities of marginalized communities for some time, primarily from the perspective of… Continue reading “Five big myths sold by the defenders of capitalism”…
Detroit’s Garbage Incinerator Smells like environmental racism. Here’s a bit that got cut for space from the final version, but which I think is… Continue reading “Detroit’s Garbage Incinerator”…
I gave up Twitter for Lent. You won’t believe what happened next. I gave up Twitter for Lent. I spoke with some journalist friends before Ash Wednesday, and the response… Continue reading “I gave up Twitter for Lent. You won’t believe what happened next.”…
About Valerie Vande Panne is an actress, editor, essayist, and an award-winning reporter. She is also a mentor and speaker on… Continue reading “About”…
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