Swamplands such as peatlands, bogs, fens, marshes, and swamps have been demonized and dismissed as dismal, unhealthy “wastelands,” with little ecological value. But these underappreciated ecosystems are home to many rare and newly discovered species They...
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Recorded December 9, 2021 The vision of a future with driverless cars has caught the public’s attention but may be distracting us from investing in better ways to get around that we can implement now.
Mountain lions aren’t frequent visitors to Seattle’s urban areas, though unconfirmed sightings have been reported in places like Discovery Park as recently...
Christof Spieler, PE, AICP, LEED AP, and author of Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, has...
How do we make farmland more affordable? What can conservation easements, land trusts and other farm transfer mechanisms do to open the market to others outside of the direct descendants of farmers themselves?
During the Plastic Pollution Coalition October 20th webinar, we focused on the connection between the plastic pollution crisis and environmental injustice around the world...
Many cities and towns have used a model of economic development that relies on recruiting large companies, a single industry or other narrow fixes to create jobs and stimulate development. Recently, another model based on investing in place and...
This webinar originally aired on 13 October 2021. Presented by: Samuel Brody of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas at Texas A&M University at Galveston, Carlos Martin with the Brookings Institution’ Metropolitan Policy...
Beth Hoffman is a beginning farmer on almost 530 acres in Iowa. Her new book, Bet The Farm, chronicles her transition as a journalist and...
Author Richard Munson has worked on clean energy and environmental issues for nonprofits, in the private sector, and on Capitol Hill. Most recently, Munson served as director of the Environmental...