When he was only 15, Andy Lipkis organized his first tree planting while attending Jewish Summer Camp. As an adult, Andy Lipkis is still planting as head of TreePeople, a Los Angeles effort to protect the urban forest and restore watersheds and fragile habitats. We'll find out about the… more

Most of the news coverage about Hurricane Katrina has rightly focused on the plight of the people driven from their homes and businesses and the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast.

But Hurricane Katrina affected other Southern cities in big ways. This week we'll find out… more

Imagine your city increasing its population by more than 25 percent overnight - a quarter more cars on the road, a quarter more students in the classroom, a quarter more buyers and renters looking for places to live. That's the situation Baton Rouge, La., faced last August as Katrina made… more

What makes a place feel like home? That's a question that design psychologist Toby Israel helps people explore by developing their "environmental family trees." Dr. Israel is a design psychologist with Toby Israel Consulting. She's the author of Some Place Like Homemore