![Survey offers guidance for biking equity in Charlotte](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2017/03/INSSbikes-470x140.png)
By Robert Boyer [Posted initially on PlanCharlotte.org] More cycling in Charlotte is good for you, even if you never mount a bicycle. More butts on…
![Special issue on sustainability, context, and governance from our 2015 conference](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2016/07/0quYO7ZSKWNFmHCTF-470x140.jpg)
We’re pleased to announce the publication of our special issue of Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, based on presentation from 2015’s INSS conference. The issue includes…
![New book by Paul Thompson on food ethics](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-07-27-at-3.43.01-PM-470x140.png)
FROM FIELD TO FORK Food Ethics for Everyone Paul B. Thompson (Oxford | June 5th 2015 | Hardcover | 344 pages | $21.95 | ISBN:…
![Butterfly Highway updates](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/05/ButterflyHighwayINSS-470x140.jpg)
Those at the 2015 INSS conference in Charlotte had the opportunity to work with INSS member Angel Hjarding on her Butterfly Highway project. We had…
![Social stakes at UNC Charlotte](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/03/unc-entrance-470x140.jpg)
– Guest post by Mike Lizotte, University Sustainability Officer at UNC Charlotte The University of North Carolina Charlotte has published its first sustainability report, entitled…
![Member Spotlight: Shiela Birungi](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2015/03/spotlight_2-470x140.jpg)
Shiela’s research looks at the assessment of sustainability for civil engineering infrastructure projects, with a focus on the planning and the delivery (design, construction, commissioning…
![Climate Mitigation as Socio-Technical Transition: The Evolution of Eco-Cohousing in Tompkins County, New York](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/06/boyer.inss_.poster.image_-470x140.png)
This post is another in our series presenting member research, focused primarily on the many insightful posters presented at this year’s conference. by Robert Boyer…
![Urban agriculture and behavior change](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/06/2737299930_8f9763914f_z-470x140.jpg)
Last night, I was asked to participate in a Keeping Watch panel discussion on urban agriculture in Charlotte along with Henry Owen, who talked about his…
![Community-Based Mitigation Project in Peru: Seismic Retrofit of an Adobe School Building in Rural Peru Using Geomesh](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/06/JoseAlbertoHeader-470x140.jpg)
This post is another in our series presenting member research, focused primarily on the many insightful posters presented at this year’s conference. Jose Quispe Acosta…
![Food Sovereignty and Social Sustainability Through Solidarity Economy Networks](https://pages.charlotte.edu/inss/wp-content/uploads/sites/568/2014/06/HankinsHeader-470x140.jpg)
This year’s INSS conference included many really exciting attendees, and we were fortunate that many presented their current projects in our poster session. Jonny Hankins…