In Portland's Good Life, R. Bruce Stephenson discusses how Portland's investment in sustainability helped stave off climate change and COVID-19. Stephenson tells the timeless story of the city's private citizens who, devoted to the public good and grounded in the good life, built a city that honors their humanity.

R. Bruce Stephenson is a consultant and environmental studies professor at Rollins College.

Contents

Introduction: The Good Life: Utopian Hope for a Dystopian Time

Chapter 1: Place

Chapter 2: History

Chapter 3: Renaissance

Chapter 4: Mobility

Chapter 5: Nature

Chapter 6: Housing

Chapter 7: Social Capital

Chapter 8: Lessons