Cities & Planning

First Nations are Righting the Wrongs of NIMBY Settlers, and Solving the Urban Housing Crisis, in the Canadian West

One of the most significant transit gaps in Seattle is on Boren Ave between Jackson Street and Denny Way. Boren Ave is aligned with the downtown grid and runs through the heart of First Hill. The a…

An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power sources more consistent, has become the world’s first “rust” battery to connect with an electricity grid

Here's a brilliant, outside-the-box solution to a problem. The backbone of American commerce is long-haul trucking. Everything you're wearing right now, and most things that make up the environment you're sitting in, arrived on the back of a truck. Those trucks are powered by diesel fuel, which isn't great. Fleet

WikiHouse is a digitally-manufactured building system that makes it simple for anyone to build beautiful, zero-carbon homes.

MIT spinout Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells made from the world’s deepest holes in order to repurpose coal and gas plants.

Quaise is an energy company unlocking geothermal energy for the world population through millimeter wave drilling technology.

The flow battery is one of the more interesting ideas for grid energy storage – after all, how many batteries combine electron current with fluid current? If you’re interested in trying your hand a…

The idea has broad support from progressives, while some critics warn against “radical socialism.” But New York already has city-owned grocery stores.

Fortunately, every step of the electronics manufacturing chain is becoming more maker- and small-scale-manufacturer-friendly.

This InfinityCrane, by German logistics company CeiliX, is a revolutionary object-handling design for workshops, factories and warehouses. To allow workers to move heavy objects, facilities like these often use gantry cranes or bridge cranes. Those take up a lot of space, and are not suited for spaces

For decades there has been this tantalizing idea being pitched of pulling CO2 out of the air and using the carbon molecules for something more useful, like making plastics. Although this is a fairl…

So far in the “Field Guide” series, we’ve mainly looked at critical infrastructure systems that, while often blending into the scenery, are easily observable once you know where t…

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

As the Trump administration's “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.

This will be a lot of information, so I'm going to title each post. I think it's important for people to know the full process I went through, so you know what you're in for if you decide to build...

ZHUHAI CIYI BATTERY CO.,LTD, established in 1993,branded “ciyibattery”, was one of the leading manufacturer of the lead acid battery in China

An In-Depth Exploration of Nickel-Iron Rechargeable Batteries

'Black Earth Rising' illuminates links between the climate crisis, land, colonization, diasporas, and social and environmental justice.

Eco-Thoughts #8

The interactive Medieval Murder Map gives unique insight into danger, violence, and justice in medieval London, York & Oxford.

Woonsocket, Rhode Island was once home to many locally owned and regional grocers. There were small stores such as Fernandes Produce and Big D’s. The city also had supermarkets from classic New England chains like Star Market and Almacs. Over the years, however, the city’s economy took a turn for the worse. Factories closed and