Cities & Planning

Everyone wants a piece of the lovingly nicknamed "Appalachian banana.” Can the species survive warming temperatures?

New rules provide opportunities to develop employment centers north of the Ship Canal. Now that the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development has completed the Final Environmental Impact…

Never mind the yuck factor: precision fermentation could produce new staple foods, and end our reliance on farming, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“Biology is wonderous in the vast diversity of what it can build, but it can't make a crystal of silicon, or steel, or copper, or aluminum, or titanium, or virtually any of the key materials on which modern technology is built. Without such materials, how is this self-replicating nanobot ever going to make a radio, or a laser, or an ultrafast memory, or virtually any other key component of modern technological society that isn't made of

In the US, most food waste ends up in landfills while South Korea recycles close to 100% annually, and its model could illustrates some core principles

In "Star Wars," Luke Skywalker grows up on the hot desert planet Tatooine. His family owns a moisture farm that uses devices called "vaporators" to pull drinking water from the air.

Nuclear fusion could transform the world's energy system, our lives and our homes. The global energy crisis is clear evidence that we must keep investing in it.

The “organic digital society” may be a mythical topic to some, but to an increasingly pivotal trans-local community, such matters of online coordination for ecological transformation have become their bread and butter. Between the contemporary paradigm shifts of Web3, whole systems design science, and a critical mass of post-millenium voices thirsting for ecological reconnection, this […]

The islands are in the line of an icy current that provides marine ecosystems refuge amid warming oceans. But the good news might not last for long.

How caulk became a standard household building and maintenance staple. If you own a house, you probably have a caulking gun lying around.

The center-left mindset of favoring quantitative analysis and just-so mathematical solutions is particularly myopic when it comes to fossil fuel pollution.

Even headed into a recession, the Unified Care Team budget for police-assisted homeless sweeps keeps growing. By the end of 2022, the City of Seattle will have spent $5.8 million on permanent housi…

Investors are seeing rising potential in tidal power as turbines become more powerful and easier to deploy

Late Friday afternoon, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced that construction will not start on a protected bike lane, sidewalk, and intersection improvement project along Mart…

The total energy content of the heat stored underground exceeds our annual energy demand as a planet by a factor of a billion. Could geothermal energy provide all the energy we need?

The permaculture design principles are thinking tools, that when used together, allow us to creatively re-design our environment and our behaviour.

Huarache Farms uses low-water systems to grow lettuce and vegetables across four L.A. yards. Founder Mike Wood dreams of even more small-scale farming.

California investors hope to strike it rich by building a huge crypto operation in the remote town of Usk. But the community isn't so sure.

“Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters” is a collection of solarpunk short stories set in a brutal futuristic winter, born through rampant and out of control climate change.

The Transportation Secretary talked about new infrastructure projects that are making cities safer for bikers and pedestrians.

Funiculars are great, which is why the main image from our previous train episode featured one — except we didn’t actually talk about that one during the show. It’s a cable car from Wellington, and as it turns out it’s one of hundreds of funiculars in this city. Roman and Kurt are back with another

Chest freezers with optional refrigerator modes are readily available. Why aren’t you using one instead of an electricity-guzzling freestanding fridge? Kris de Decker extols the virtues of ch…

Eric Klinenberg is the author of a book called Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life. The phrase “palaces for the people” actually comes from Andrew Carnegie who was known as a titan of the Gilded Age and one of the wealthiest people in