Urban advocate, writer, and Next American City editor Diana Lind spoke with us today about “Disrupting the Status Quo: Opportunities for Sustainability”. She gave us a clear 3-part framework in which to think about the major challenges to urban sustainability, and illustrated them with vivid examples, comparisons, and stories.

Below are my visual notes, and above is a map highlighting park deserts (more than 10 minutes’ walk from a park or recreation center) from Philadelphia’s Green2015: An Action Plan for the First 500 Acres.