ISLAND PRESS - CENTER FOR RESOURCE ECONOMICS
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Organizations Filed Purposes: ISLAND PRESS CREATES, PUBLISHES AND PROMOTES POWERFUL IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS THAT HELP TRANSFORM LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN ORDER TO BETTER ECOLOGICAL AND HUMAN WELL-BEING.

TO PROVIDE THE LATEST INFORMATION AND THE BEST IDEAS TO THOSE WORKING TO SOLVE ENVIROMENTAL PROBLEMS AND TO HELP ENVIROMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BETTER COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONISLAND PRESS PUBLISHES THE BEST NEW IDEAS ON SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND WORKS TO SPREAD THOSE IDEAS TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. OUR PUBLICATIONS EMPOWER DECISION MAKERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO MAKE CRITICAL CHOICES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET. IN 2018, ISLAND PRESS PUBLISHED 30 NEW TITLES AND SOLD 118,150 UNITS AND GAVE AWAY 18,718 FREE COPIES. AMONG THESE WERE:"VAQUITA: SCIENCE, POLITICS, AND CRIME IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ" BY BROOKE BESSESEN: BESSESEN UNCOVERS THE TRUE-CRIME SAGA OF THE VAQUITA, A RARE PORPOISE FACING EXTINCTION BECAUSE OF A VAST, ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATION. THE STORY OF THE VAQUITA OFFERS US IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES. SCIENCE CALLED IT "A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE KEEN TO UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES OF PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY." "WALKABLE CITY RULES: 101 STEPS TO MAKING BETTER PLACES" BY JEFF SPECK: PRESENTS INCISIVE AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING CITIES MORE VIBRANT AND WALKABLE, FROM THE MOST WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED VOICE IN WALKABILITY. PLANETIZEN SAID: "WALKABLE CITY RULES IS WORTH READING EVEN FOR THOSE OF US WHO WILL NEVER SET FOOT IN A PLANNER'S OFFICE. [] TO A MUCH GREATER EXTENT THAN MOST BOOKS ABOUT WALKABILITY, THIS BOOK TELLS READERS WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE UPON THE STATUS QUO.""RESILIENCE FOR ALL: STRIVING FOR EQUITY THROUGH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DESIGN" BY BARBARA BROWN WILSON: THIS WORK TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHAT EQUITABLE, POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DESIGN LOOKS LIKE IN FOUR COMMUNITIES-EAST BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI; THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN; THE DENBY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN; AND THE CULLY NEIGHBORHOOD IN PORTLAND, OREGON. THESE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES HAVE PREVAILED IN SPITE OF SERIOUS URBAN STRESSORS SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, GENTRIFICATION, AND DISINVESTMENT. WILSON LOOKS AT HOW THESE LESSONS MIGHT MORE BROADLY INFORM FUTURE PRACTICE. "ECOLOGY AND RECOVERY OF EASTERN OLD-GROWTH FORESTS" BY ANDREW M. BARTON AND WILLIAM S. KEETON: BREAKING NEW GROUND IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE FOR FOREST RESILIENCE, THIS EDITED VOLUME COVERS A BROAD GEOGRAPHIC CANVAS, FROM EASTERN CANADA AND THE UPPER GREAT LAKES STATES TO THE DEEP SOUTH. MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW SAID IT "BREATHES FRESH LIFE INTO THE HOPE FOR SENSIBLE, EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF OLD-GROWTH STANDS IN EASTERN FORESTS.""LYME: THE FIRST EPIDEMIC OF CLIMATE CHANGE" BY MARY BETH PFEIFFER: LYME DISEASE IS SPREADING RAPIDLY AROUND THE GLOBE AS TICKS MOVE INTO PLACES THEY COULD NOT SURVIVE BEFORE. THE FIRST EPIDEMIC TO EMERGE IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE DISEASE INFECTS HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US AND EUROPE EACH YEAR. PFEIFFER SHOWS HOW WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GROWING MENACE, AND HOW MODERN MEDICINE HAS UNDERESTIMATED ITS DANGER, MAKING A POWERFUL CASE FOR ACTION TO FIGHT TICKS, HEAL PATIENTS, AND RECOGNIZE HUMANITY'S ROLE IN A MODERN SCOURGE.

MARKETING, COMMUNICATION, AND DISTRIBUTIONISLAND PRESS DISSEMINATES AND COMMUNICATES INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS THROUGH BOOK PUBLISHING AS WELL AS DIGITAL MEDIA, SHORT-FORM WRITING, AND IN-PERSON EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. OUR WORK ENGAGES GOVERNMENTAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND NONPROFIT STAFF AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS; BUSINESSES; STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS; AND GENERAL READERS INTERESTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. TO PROMOTE EACH BOOK AND AUTHOR, WE WORK TO SECURE TRADITIONAL MEDIA, SUCH AS BOOK REVIEWS AND AUTHOR INTERVIEWS. IN ADDITION TO PUBLISHING THIRTY NEW TITLES IN 2018, PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT HELPED US DELIVER ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TO AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WE SECURED MORE THAN 1,400 MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR OUR BOOKS AND AUTHORS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 200 BOOK REVIEWS. WE PUT OUR AUTHORS IN FRONT OF THE PROFESSIONALS WHO READ PLANNING MAGAZINE, DECISIONMAKERS WHO SUBSCRIBE TO FORBES, AND LISTENERS WHO TUNE IN TO NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, TO NAME JUST A FEW. ALTOGETHER, THIS WORK HAD A POTENTIAL REACH TWO BILLION READERS, VIEWERS, AND LISTENERS. OUR WORK TO DISSEMINATE CONTENT IN SHORT FORM (ARTICLES, BLOG POSTS, OP-EDS) ALSO GREW IN QUANTITY AND REACH. WE TYPICALLY WORK WITH ACTIVISTS AND PRACTITIONERS WHO ARE SO BUSY WITH THEIR WORK THAT THEY RARELY HAVE TIME TO WRITE ABOUT IT. BY PROVIDING THEM WITH INTENSIVE EDITORIAL SUPPORT, AND BY PLACING THEIR WORK IN EFFECTIVE MEDIA OUTLETS, WE BRING NEW VOICES, IDEAS, AND PRACTICE TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RESILIENCE. WE PUBLISHED 68 ORIGINAL PIECES IN 2018, WHICH HAD A POTENTIAL READERSHIP OF 253 MILLION PEOPLE. WE HAVE PLACED THIS CONTENT IN HIGH-PROFILE MAINSTREAM MEDIA (INCLUDING "THE NEW YORK TIMES", "USA TODAY", "THE GUARDIAN", AND "US NEWS & WORLD REPORT") AND IN DOZENS OF PUBLICATIONS THAT TARGET SPECIFIC AUDIENCES ("GOVERNING", "THE ROOT", "INSIDE PHILANTHROPY", "GRIST").

PROGRAM SERVICES/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCEISLAND PRESS MANAGES A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION, INCLUDING A SUCCESSFUL SERIES OF WEBINARS AND CONTINUING-EDUCATION COURSES. THESE SERVICES ALLOW US TO EDUCATE PRACTITIONERS ON THE LATEST ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING AND SOLUTIONS. ISLAND PRESS HOSTED 15 WEBINARS IN 2018. OUR INTERACTIVE WEBINARS ARE HIGHLY REVIEWED BY PARTICIPANTS, WHO ARE ASKED TO COMPLETE A SHORT SURVEY FOLLOWING EACH EVENT. OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IS WELL REGARDED. FOR EXAMPLE, NEARLY 800 INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED FOR AN ISLAND PRESS WEBINAR ON "URBAN REVITALIZATION FOR ALL" IN JUNE, WHICH FEATURED AUTHOR ALAN MALLACH AND FORMER WASHINGTON, DC MAYOR (AND ISLAND PRESS BOARD MEMBER) ANTHONY WILLIAMS.IN 2018, ISLAND PRESS PUBLISHED 15 NEW COURSES FOR GREEN-BUILDING PROFESSIONALS, WHICH ARE HOSTED ON THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL'S PLATFORM. OUR AVERAGE COURSE RATING FOR ALL RECENTLY PUBLISHED COURSES IS 4.46 (OF 5) STARS. SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM REVIEWERS INCLUDE: - "GOOD OVERVIEW, BOUGHT THE BOOK." - "THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, EQUITY AND ECONOMY WERE DISCUSSED SUFFICIENTLY TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE INTER-RELATED ASPECTS OF RESILIENCY, EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY." - "GREAT COURSE. GOOD TO LEARN ABOUT LOW-COST STRATEGIES FOR QUICK AND EFFECTIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO CITIES, USING CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND BYPASSING CUMBERSOME PROCESSES. WELL PRESENTED, DYNAMIC, WELL ILLUSTRATED." IN ADDITION TO USGBC, WE ARE ALSO CONNECTING WITH OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN MAKE USE OF OUR CONTENT AND HELP US REACH MORE PRACTITIONERS, INCLUDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ADAPTATION PROFESSIONALS; AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION-VIRGINIA CHAPTER; AND ASSOCIATION OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PROFESSIONALS. A NEW COLLABORATION WITH THE TALKING HEADWAYS PODCAST, WHICH HAS A POTENTIAL REACH OF OVER 10,000 LISTENERS, HAS FEATURED SEVERAL ISLAND PRESS AUTHORS THIS YEAR, INCLUDING MIKAEL COLVILLE-ANDERSEN ("COPENHAGENIZE"), DANIEL SPERLING ("THREE REVOLUTIONS"), AND ROBERT CERVERO, ERICK GUERRA, AND STEFAN AL ("BEYOND MOBILITY"). TALKING HEADWAYS IS HOSTED BY STREETSBLOG, AN OUTLET THAT COVERS WALKING, BIKING, AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT ISSUES AND IS POPULAR AMONG TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS. THROUGH THIS WORK AND MORE, ISLAND PRESS STRENGTHENS THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT BY GIVING PROFESSIONALS ACTIONABLE, CUTTING-EDGE INFORMATION THAT IMPROVES THEIR PRACTICE.

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