The Creative Activist

This post is the first of a series devoted to the Washington DC Sustainable City initiative. In July 2011, Mayor Vincent Grey initiated an effort to make DC the greenest, healthiest and most livable city in the country. The mayor's approach to this challenge is outlined on the Sustainable DC Web site . Elsewhere on this blog I have outlined a process for “scientific activism” and enumerated some principles that underlie the steps in the process. To summarize, here is what the process looks like: 1. Study the social environment, including looking at challenges and opportunities 2. Plan your efforts in light of #1, among other considerations 3. Decide what counts as a good idea 4. Steal ideas 5. Design or create new ideas 6. Evaluate your ideas 7. Implement your ideas The principles that should be used where applicable   Target innovation Find leverage Think marketing Use facts By systematic Now, the rest of this post and the next seven or eight ...