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A practical and irreverent guide to Burning Man, its philosophy, why people do this to themselves, and how it matters to the world Over 30 years Burning Man has gone from two families on a San Francisco beach to a global movement in which hundreds of thousands of people around the world create...

The Agile City engages the fundamental question: what to do about it? Journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell argues that we'll more quickly slow global warming - and blunt its effects - by retrofitting cities, suburbs, and towns. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level can reach carbon-reduction goals rapidly. Adapting buildings (39 percent of greenhouse-gas emission) and communities (slashing the 33 percent of transportation related emissions) offers numerous other benefits that tax gimmicks and massive alternative-energy investments can't match.

First published in 2012, Startup Communities became a blueprint for what it takes to build a supportive entrepreneurial community. Now regarded as a classic, the "Boulder Thesis" created and popularized by Feld within the book generated enormous media attention nearly a decade ago.

Slated to Discuss is a podcast exploring trends, developments, and issues shaping the world of real estate and infrastructure, hosted by Slate Asset Management, a global real estate investor and asset manager targeting real assets. The podcast will feature an exciting lineup of thought leaders, trailblazers, and industry movers and shakers interviewed by a rotation of Slate business leaders. Listeners will hear original, forward-thinking, and even unconventional perspectives on issues ranging from city building and the North American housing crisis, to renewable energy, vertical farming, ...