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Making the connection between advancing sustainability planning, APA State Chapters, and the new APA Sustainable Community Division was the topic of one of the Division’s by-right sessions at the National APA Conference in Chicago (April 2013), the Mobilizing Sustainability Facilitated Discussion (Sunday, 3pm). Mobilizing an effective response to the sustainability threat, with climate change being the […]

Alex Steffen, Planetary Futurist, Journalist/Author, Entrepreneur, and Thought Leader. Alex Steffen is a global voice of clarity on sustainability, social innovation and planetary futurism. He is an award-winning writer who speaks to audiences around the world. Alex was Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com after he co-founded the organization in 2003 until it closed in 2010. See

The Board is seeking a dedicated individual to serve as Membership Director and improve membership services. Please see below for more information.  Nominations will be open until March 31, 2013.

Now is the time to apply for the APA California Northern Section 2013 Planning Awards for outstanding planning projects, programs, and people. The purpose of the Northern Section Awards Program is to encourage quality in planning and increase the public’s awareness of the planning profession by honoring the most outstanding efforts in planning in the

If you have a Linked-In account, go here to read the info and join the discussion.  Or just read the following: Sustainable Communities Division events at the 2013 APA National Conference Preliminary programs for this year’s national conference (in Chicago, April 13-17) are arriving in your mailbox this week. Mark your calendars for the three