Environment & Sustainability

Sunday Video: How Glass Skyscrapers Conquered Our Cities

https://youtu.be/yxdIluAPLt8 Cheddar documents the rise of glass building and skyscrapers and how tides are beginning to turn against the overuse of glass in skyscrapers.

Sunday Video: The Rise Of The Stadium District

https://youtu.be/zczyEkkjvZk Dave Amos at City Beautiful takes a look at the newish stadium district trend that pairs new arenas and stadiums with mixed-used, urban development....

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: How To Build A City Around Bikes Fast

https://youtu.be/h-I6HFQXquU Bloomberg CityLab explains how cities can rebuild around bikes quickly for the Covid and post-Covid era and why it’s vitally important to do so....

Will Washington Become One of the First States to Require Climate Action through Urban...

Seattle may be famous for its cool rainy weather, but it is a little known fact that the city also holds the dubious distinction...

Urbanizing the Economy

In a previous article, I wrote about vertical farming and the technology’s ability to urbanize agriculture. Vertical farming facilitates the urbanization of agriculture with...

Tacoma’s Lincoln District Gets Tree Planting Boost with Green Blocks Program

Tacoma's Green Blocks program is expanding into the Lincoln International District in October and looking for residents looking to help plant and care for trees.

Link Light Rail Is Going 100% Carbon Neutral In 2019

Link Light Rail trains are poised to become super green. On Tuesday, Sound Transit announced a long-term agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to supply...