Spring is a time of renewal and change in the Northwest, and here at 1402 Third Avenue in Seattle, we're experiencing our fair share!

First, Northwest Environment Watch has changed its name to Sightline Institute; for more about the name change, go here.

Second, we've launched this website as a comprehensive resource center on sustainability issues for the Northwest and beyond. It's designed to make Sightline's research, maps and animations, articles, solutions, and daily news commentary even more accessible and useful.

The best way to get to know sightline.org is to browse, but here’s a brief tour: 

• Maps and Graphics Center with more than 100 maps, charts, and animations illustrating trends such as rising lifespans and pollution in Northwest mothers’ bodies. Each is available in print and web versions that you can easily download--you just need to be registered. 
  
• An active blog—called the Daily Score—with our take on the most important Northwest news. 
  
• Sections on each of the issues that we track—from sprawl and transportation to energy, health, and economy, with all our publications, graphics, and articles in one place. 
  
• Regional sections for British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon with local news, data, and graphics.
  
• Sightline books and reports available in full-text pdfs, with registration. 
  
• An important note for email subscribers: Some of the new features of our site—such as downloads of maps and blog commenting—are available only with registration. If you are subscribed to Cascadia Scorecard News or our weekly blog update, you are already pre-registered for our site. Your login is the email where you receive our e-updates; go here to get your password.
• If you're not already registered, go here to do so.

We encourage you to explore these new tools, share them with others, and tell us how we can do better, at ask-us@sightline.org.

We hope that these changes will help you more effectively advocate for a better Cascadia.

P.S. - We'll be making enhancements to the website over the next few months. Send ideas to ask-us@sightline.org.