Creating a Roadmap for Change: Design Thinking to Make California’s Carbon Credit Work for Underserved Communities

In the spring of 2014, the Center for Public InterestDesign (CPID) was approached by the SacramentoArea Council of Governments to begin the process ofexploring how public interest design could be usedto address the needs of some of Sacramento’s mostdisinvested and environmentally impacted neighborhoods.This collaboration began at a crucial time,as California was in the process of implementing thefirst Cap and Trade legislation in the country. A significantpercentage of funds collected through the saleof carbon tax credits associated with this legislationare required to be invested in disadvantaged communities.This case study examines the potential fordesign to play a role in identifying investment opportunitiesto create healthier communities through theCPID’s work with students in Sacramento.

Volume Editors
Billie Faircloth, Howard Frumkin & Sara Jensen Carr

ISBN
978-1-944214-09-8