Publications

Andy Lipkis is an influential practical visionary whose ideas are shaping the ways we make cities more sustainable. He is both the subject of numerous articles and books, and the author of books, articles and opinion pieces.

Recent articles

Huffington Post , There's a Hole in the Bucket, Dear Liza, January 30, 2010

Los Angeles Times, Blowback, Economic stimulus doesn't have to mean ecological disaster, December 11, 2008

UCLA Anderson Economic Forecast: Solutions for our State, 2008, Adapting California’s Cities to Fight Climate Change and Protect Against the Consequences

The Huffington Post

The Jewish Journal, Take Tu B’Shevat to heart and start healing nature, January 17, 2008

Recent presentation hand outs

The Water Front: Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change

TreePeople Sustainability Diagram

Recent book contributions

Greenopia Los Angeles, Second Edition, 2008, Essay

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2) Water-Harvesting Earthworks by Brad Lancaster, 2008, Foreword

Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Stormwater Management, TreePeople, 2008, Introduction

The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, 2005, Introduction

Second Nature: Adapting LA’s Landscape for Sustainable Living, TreePeople, 1999, Preface

Published book

The Simple Act of Planting A Tree: Healing Your Neighborhood, Your City, and Your World, by Andy and Katie Lipkis and TreePeople, 1990

Books about Andy Lipkis

Tree Boy by Shirley Nagel, 1978

Books including Andy Lipkis

Dreamers in Dream City by Harry Brant Chandler, 2009

The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones, 2008

Nature's Operating Instructions from Bioneers

Articles about Andy Lipkis and TreePeople

Current_Green, Van Jones: The Santa Claus of the Environmental Movement? by Leah Lamb

Readers Digest, Growing trees in the concrete jungle brings neighbors benefits beyond beauty by David Hochman, June, 2009

Cal. State University Northridge Daily Sundial, Environmental activist leads discussion on campus greening project by Linda Coburn, February 8, 2009

Grist, Andy Lipkis: Rebel with a cause by Kit Stolz, January 22, 2009

Ashoka, Andy Lipkis Ashoka Fellow Profile, 2008

Los Angeles Times, TreePeople’s Community Forestry Center Opens by Martha Groves, October 3, 2008

World Changing, T.R.E.E.S. in LA by Gil Friend, October 24, 2005

L.A. Weekly, Citizen Forester: Andy Lipkis speaks for the trees. Now he wants to solve our water problems too by Judith Lewis, April 14, 2005

Los Angeles Times, Sun Valley Sets Out to Harness Rainfall, By Miguel Bustillo, June 6, 2003

Los Angeles Times, For the Trees, for the People, Opinion, February 8, 2003

Bettertogether, Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University