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Environment & Sustainability

Sunday Video: How To Protect The Amazon Rainforest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF7-uFbE5Mc Quartz explains how ancient civilizations an show us how to protect the Amazon rainforest.

How Seattle Designed Neighborhood Plans to Inhibit Inclusivity: Part 2

This is a two-part series! The first part was a brief overview of the Growth Management Act, King County’s Urban Growth Boundary, and how we ended...

How Seattle Designed Neighborhood Plans to Inhibit Inclusivity: Part 1

This is a two-part series. The first part is a very brief overview of the Growth Management Act, King County’s Urban Growth Boundary, and how we...

Copenhagenize: A Conversation with Councilmember González

Councilmember Lorena González traveled to Copenhagen with a delegation of local leaders in August to study the policies and infrastructure that have given rise...

Sunday Video: Is Vancouver The Best City In North America?

https://youtu.be/P8dmVUrNt38 In this video, Dave Amos of City Beautiful explores what Vancouverism is with a particular focus on urban design.
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Our House Is on Fire: Shaun Scott is Bringing a Hose, Pedersen is Roasting...

Climate policy is taking center stage in the Seattle City Council District 4 race. Shaun Scott was an early backer of the Seattle Green...

Seattle Needs A Housing Politics Movement Like Germany’s Wohnungspolitik

Actually, Seattle needed a cohesive and comprehensive Wohnungspolitik 40 years ago, but late is better than never. What is a Wohnungspolitik? The literal translation from German is...

An In-City Growth Cap Is Climate Arson

This summer saw two published pieces that are at the center of the struggle over housing in the United States--entrenched, well-off homeowners averse to...