
Diane Alisa: How To Restore the American Village
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Diane Alisa is an author and founder of the nonprofit End Car Dependency. Her nonprofit helps support families by making it easier to get around safely without a car, build strong support networks, and empower children to be part of their communities.
Diane joins this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution to discuss the impact of car-dependent design on families and the importance of building integrated communities (or "villages").
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Local Recommendations:
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“Love Letter to Suburbia: How to Restore the American Village” by Diane Alisa
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End Car Dependency (website)
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Tiffany Owens Reed (Instagram)
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