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Princeton educational podcast resources for public lectures. A compilation of resources from many universities

LSE pocasts for public lectures and events

Livable Communities moves the discussion to Washington -

To get a modern perspective on what these films represent, we’ve recorded commentary tracks for each video with noted planners and authors. You can watch the films on their own, or with the voice of a noted expert guiding you through, including:

* Prof. Robert Cervero, UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design
* Duncan Crary of the KunstlerCast
* Andrés Duany, DPZ Associates
* Anthony Flint, author of The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America.
* Jacky Grimshaw, The Center for Neighborhood Technology
* James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere
* Prof. Jackie Leavitt, UCLA's Dept. of Urban Planning.
* Prof. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, UCLA's Dept. of Urban Planning.
* John Norquist, President of the Congress for New Urbanism.
* Neal Pierce, Citistates Group.
* Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, DPZ Associates.
* Mark D. Van Ells, author of To Hear Only Thunder Again: America's World War II Veterans Come Home.

VMT based funding system for transportation trial program in Oregon.

Honduras local currency - UDIS. Distributed by COMAL; a co-operative commercialisation network that distributes basic consumer products to more than 400 rural community shops in Honduras.

Local currency production in Willits, CA, USA. The currency is backed by stored food in the community warehouse. Looking to expand the system around a larger area. Also - as someone noted in comments it is similar to old Egyptian system of currency.