Will Soil Save Cities from Climate Change?
After reading Kristin Ohlson’s The Soil Will Save Us, I was tempted to pack up and head for the countryside to become an organic...
Sunday Video: How To Fix Our Unreliable Power Grid
https://youtu.be/5igJv_otlKE
America’s power grid is increasingly more strained and unreliable as weather patterns and other environmental factors become more threatening. Vox explains how these challenges...
Sunday Video: Stormwater Pollution and Green Infrastructure Solutions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATNy-vaIPXI
In this video, the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District (NCSWCD) explains how stormwater is generated and poses serious threats to public health...
Midweek Video: Are Shipping Containers Overrated As A Building Method?
Shipping container homes have become all the rage in recent years. But they're not necessarily as practical as they might seem when it comes...
Real-Time Information Signs Going Live On Route 44 Soon
Later this month, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will flip the switch on newly installed real-time information signs (RTIS) in North Seattle. Between Ballard and the...
Transit App Rolls Out Local Update
The Transit App gave the Puget Sound a very quiet, but welcome update last week. The long-awaited—and constantly requested—integration of scheduled data for Community Transit was...
Sunday Video: Metro Systems
City Beautiful explores why more American cities don’t have metro systems like New York City and Chicago.
https://youtu.be/bLtmJHHqbh8
While there are no one answer for this,...
Harrell Pledges Seattle Will Be AI Leader, Plan Fuzzy on Details
Last week, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the City’s new AI Plan, which looks to harness the current artificial intelligence boom in the tech sector by integrating AI into the City’s operations, public services, and civic engagement. But critics worry about the ethical implications of AI use in public services, as well as its potential impacts on workers and environmental harms.







