Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility - ADPSR

Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility - ADPSR ADPSR is a national educational nonprofit working for peace, environmental protection, social justic New Village Press is ADPSR's publishing division.

ADPSR was originally established in 1981 as a 501(c)3 public-benefit organization to promote nuclear disarmament and correct the imbalances caused by military excesses overshadowing domestic needs. Throughout the 1980s, ADPSR initiated numerous peace projects including peace parks, conferences, traveling exhibits, and citizen diplomacy exchange programs with the former Soviet Union. Since 1990, AD

PSR has focused much of its effort on ecologically and socially responsible development. The Northern California Chapter has focused on ecological architecture and sustainable development, with a "Building Ecology" lecture series in San Francisco for over a decade and an annual tradeshow of ecological construction. Other ADPSR projects include the facilitation of citizen participation in local and regional planning, low-income housing advocacy, and participate as an NGO in the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT).

Robert Shetterly's portraits and forthcoming book, Portraits of Peacemakers, are featured in this new article from Hyper...
09/26/2024

Robert Shetterly's portraits and forthcoming book, Portraits of Peacemakers, are featured in this new article from Hyperallergic.

“It’s about people with the courage and perseverance to insist that politicians and media tell the truth,” the artist told Hyperallergic.

04/23/2022

Happy Earth Day 2022! In honor of Earth Day, use EARTHDAY25 discount code for 25% off all New Village Press titles.

We compiled a list of our favorite books celebrating the earth including sustainability practices, environmental projects, and stories of environmental justice activists.

Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities (bit.ly/4ECOART)

Growing A Life: Teen Gardeners Harvest Food, Health, and Joy (bit.ly/growingalife)

Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty (bit.ly/actsofbeauty)

Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation (bit.ly/ecotransformation)

Doing Time in the Garden: Life Lessons through Prison Horticulture (bit.ly/prisonhorticulture)

The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race
(bit.ly/hiddennarrativeofrace)

Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities (bit.ly/childrenplacemakers)

For Preorder--

Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea (bit.ly/diviningchaos), Pub Date: June 28, 2022

Inherited Silence: Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind (bit.ly/inheritedsilence), Pub Date: July 26, 2022

Portraits of Earth Justice: Americans Who Tell the Truth (bit.ly/ecoportraits), Pub Date: September 20, 2022

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