Midweek Video: The Global Coffee Crisis Is Coming
https://youtu.be/6IN4ZcZAUbA
Global climate change is brewing a crisis for growing coffee. As annual temperatures rise, coffee plants are being threatened with mass withering. The global...
Sunday Video: How China’s Flagship Belt and Road Project Stalled Out
https://youtu.be/AU1OvrbawE8
China has been heavily focused on global infrastructure initiatives through its Belt and Road strategy to increase the country’s prosperity and influence. A key...
It’s Well Past Time We Ditch Fossil Fuels
Yesterday, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced executive action ending the use of fracked gas infrastructure in City buildings. It represents a small step toward decoupling...
Seattle Considers Thinking About One Day Accepting Permits to Maybe Open Streets to Dining
Seattle will permit restaurants and retail shops to open into traffic-less public streets one block at a time. Two months after the idea was...
Midweek Video: Can Miami Replace Silicon Valley?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaddIuKgYys
Miami has over 300 highrises and a climate that many desire. The city's mayor is hoping to lure tech business and jobs from Silicon...
Now Is the Time to Re-Read Jane Jacobs Backwards
My copy of Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities is dog eared and marked up. There are little arrows on...
Downtown Seattle Declares Itself Resurgent at Annual Gala
The theme was resurgence at the Downtown Seattle Association's annual State of Downtown event yesterday. With two years of pandemic suffering and emergency public...
Sunday Video: Why We’re Seeing Mass Layoffs in the US But Not the UK
https://youtu.be/HaraFkhonFo
Vox explains why the United States is seeing employment plummet amidst the pandemic while the United Kingdom has not experienced the same level of...