Jay Walljasper is a writer and speaker who explores how new ideas in urban planning, tourism, community development, sustainability, politics and culture can improve our lives as well as the world.
Walljasper is an Editor at On the Commons.org, Senior Fellow at Project for Public Spaces, and editor-at-large of Ode magazine. He also writes regularly on sustainable tourism issues for the National Geographic Traveler. He was editor of Utne Reader magazine from 1984 to 1995 and 2000 to 2004.
Walljasper’s series for The Nation, “What Works?” examined positive initiatives that made a difference in places around the world. His articles have also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Midwest Living, Mother Jones, Preservation, New Statesman (London), Chicago Tribune magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer magazine, Toronto Star, Tikkun, L.A. Weekly, Yes!, E magazine, Courrier (Paris), The Idler, Rock N Rap Confidential, Planeta Humano (Madrid), and New Woman (Australia). He was previously a travel editor at Better Homes and Gardens.