Snohomish County Considering Suburban Sprawl Expansions As Part of Comprehensive Plan Updates

Snohomish County policymakers have advanced proposals that could result in urban growth area (UGA) expansions. In total, 1,283 acres could be added to the...
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Legislators Should Build on a Powerful Tool That Improves Cities and Conserves Natural Landscapes

Walking among the gleaming towers in Seattle’s South Lake Union, there is a buzz in the air. The aroma of tantalizing restaurants, the din of...

Sunday Video: All The Ways Car Dependency Make Things Worse

Ray Delahanty of CityNerd goes through a litany of reasons why car dependency makes American society worse off from public health and environmental quality...

ST 2040: A Shovel-Ready Vision for Seattle and Sound Transit

The climate crisis is an accelerating problem--while President Joe Biden has re-entered the United States in the Paris Climate Accords, temperatures are still rising,...

Sunday Video: Living Car-Free Made Easy

https://youtu.be/OObwqreAJ48 Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes explains how carsharing can be a good supplement for people who occasionally need a car but otherwise rarely...

Sunday Video: An Ode to Street Trees

https://youtu.be/uoRsVdIyhUM What’s so great about street trees? City Beautiful offers some positive benefits of them in this video short.
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Renewable Energy Can Power America’s Grid and Its Economic Recovery

It's been a few months since the initial outbreak of Covid-19, and pandemic has already altered our societal fabric in profound ways. Fewer people...

Sunday Video: Zero Waste Town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eym10GGidQU Kamikatsu, Japan is working towards having 0 waste. The town is relatively small but was able to get residents to sort their waste in...