How Seattle Can Become a City of Two Million
Imagine two million people living in Seattle city limits. You may think this is only possible with a skyline like New York or Hong...
Week of Action: Washington Can’t Wait for Environmental Justice
For the upcoming 2021 Washington legislative session, Futurewise is proposing several significant changes to the state’s Growth Management Act. Under its campaign called Washington...
Sunday Video: China Is Forcing The World To Rethink Recycling
https://youtu.be/8HROn34sDRk
With China denying importation of recyclables, countries like America need to rethink their approach to recycling goods.
What If You Didn’t Have to Drive a Car?
Even if you don’t drive a car, you know gas prices are high right now in the United States. Some states have already committed...
Why Climate Advocates Should Be Urbanists, Part 2
Part 2 of this four-part series examines arguments against focusing on land use in climate policy and provides counter arguments. Ignoring land use changes and relying on electrification alone is a slower and riskier path to decarbonization.
An Open Letter To Elon Musk
Dear Mr. Musk,
This letter is both a salute to your continued success and a challenge to consider (if you haven’t already) some ideas that...
The Case for Making Transit Free (and How to Pay for It)
As a community, Seattle has been struggling with numerous issues like income equality, our world-class congestion, and the regressive nature of our tax system....
Congress Approves Record $54 Million for Puget Sound Recovery
But development outside of Washington State's urban growth areas continues to place pressure on an ecologically rich, but fragile ecosystem.
Congress has passed a funding...