Sightline Author

Alan Durning

Alan Durning: Executive director and founder of Sightline Institute, has penned many popular blog series, including car-less living, bicycle neglect, and climate fairness. Prior to Sightline, Durning was a senior researcher at Worldwatch Institute, where he studied the human dimensions of sustainability and wrote the award-winning book How Much Is Enough? Read his full bio. Email: alan (at) sightline.org

Alan's Posts

Dirty-Energy Money

Big Oil and Coal have spent $5 million on the Northwest’s Congressional delegation.

Gail Achterman: Presente!

I will miss her.

Making Sustainability Legal: 2011 Progress Report

Cleaning out the fridge.

Video: Breaching Elwha Dams, III

Freeing a river, in 90 seconds of film.

Better Video: National Geographic Films Condit Dam Breaching

Watch this one.

Video: Breaching the Condit Dam

Another dam goes out with a bang.

Video: Breaching Elwha Dams, II

Another week of dam removal.

Licensed to Work

We should not require state permission to, for example, braid hair.

Video: Breaching Elwha Dams

Freeing a salmon river after a century dammed.

Puppies, Kittens, and Toxic Couches

Reader photos of who is in harm's way from the 12-second rule.