Getting by in America's Rust Belt: An FSRN Special Series

FSRN´s Daniel Denvir has been traveling across the most economically depressed areas in America´s Rust Belt, speaking to people who have found creative ways to face the crisis.  This special series focuses on the cities of Cleveland, Detroit and Youngstown.

Industrial washing machines in Cleveland. Photo by Daniel Denvir

Part One: Cleveland's Evergreen Laundry

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Denvir reports from Cleveland, Ohio on the soon-to-be open Evergreen Laundry, a worker-owned enterprise that is part of a larger effort to create jobs by locally channeling spending by the city’s big institutions.

Urban prairie in Detroit. Photo by Daniel Denvir

Part Two: Detroit's Green Projects

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Denvir takes us to Detroit, Michigan to look at two proposals for revitalizing the Motor City: green manufacturing and urban agriculture.

A house in Youngstown. Photo by Mark Stahl

Part Three: Youngstown Shrinks Sustainably

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Denvir reports from Youngstown on a bold plan to sustainably shrink a post-industrial city.