Environment & Sustainability

Event Reminder: Sustainable Rosengård on Tuesday

Don't miss out on our event for Tuesday where we'll have a presentation on Sustainable Rosengård. Paul Byron Crane, a local landscape architect with the City...

Inside The Green Headquarters of Brooks: Stone 34

"We have to show there is profit potential in projects like these…” - Lisa Picard, Executive Vice President and Regional Manager, Skanska USA, Seattle.  The...

Map of the Week: Access and Choice to Grocery Stores in Seattle

Human settlements are built on the bedrock of food access. Without adequate sustenance, urban environments cannot flourish. People will travel long distances to ensure that they are...

Sound Transit Puts Equitable TOD and Bathroom Policy Reform Front and Center

Sound Transit is making good on a policy directive to expand bathroom access to facilities and equitable transit-oriented development (TOD) commitments in Seattle. The...
A pink blossoming cherry tree is the right side of the street and a brick historic apartment buidling is on the lefty. A park playground is in the background with kids playing.

Op-Ed: To Save Trees and Orcas Build More Homes in Seattle

Cars and sprawl that are the true problem as the Puget Sound region seeks to boost salmon runs and protect salmon-eating orca whales. Building more homes in Seattle is the way to curb sprawl.

Fast Trains, Cleaner Air, and Less Congestion: Envisioning a Post-Pandemic Pacific Northwest

As a result of the mandatory stay-at-home orders, fewer people are flying, fewer people are commuting to work, and fewer people are using their...
Space Needle shrouded in wildfire smoke from Oregon and California in late summer 2020.

Carbon Notes May Help Seattle Council Make Smarter Climate Decisions

I woke up coughing this weekend--no, not from Covid-19--from wildfire smoke that’s settled on Seattle like a clammy yellow shroud. Last Friday was a better...

Sunday Video: How To Design A Great Street

https://youtu.be/xov7Ao_fPwQ Europe is awash in great streets. But what makes them so great? And what can other cities learn from these streets?