Sustainable Living
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Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic: #4. Cheap Beef
The pandemic is knocking this climate-killing food down a notch. -
Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic. #2: Junk Mail
Already declining before Covid, ad mail has plummeted. -
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Housing Policy Is… Salmon Policy?
How state laws permitting more homes could ease two crises at once. -
Meet the People Who Still Believe in Facts
And support the research and communications you care about! -
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Few Would Lose from Removing Snake River Dams
And making whole the irrigators and grain barging companies would cost little. -
Snake River Dams’ Hydropower Is No Longer Particularly Cheap
Renewable power’s price is undercutting the region’s longstanding champions of low-cost electricity. -
It’s Not Even Close: Economics Says the Snake River Dams Should Go
If we count Northwesterners’ love for salmon, that is.
The decisions we make in our everyday lives and in our homes can help to promote a greener, healthier Northwest. From installing a rain garden to buying less stuff to opting for public transit or biking when possible, small everyday actions by engaged, informed consumers accumulate to big impacts.
Recent Reports & Graphics
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How Kinder Morgan’s Bankers Are Funding a Tar Sands Pipeline
Some banks are saying exactly the right things, but their money is doing the opposite. -
Making Sustainability Legal
Outdated Rules that Stop Affordable, Green Solutions -
Indicator Update: Cascadian Life Expectancy Increases
Despite recent economic woes, northwesterners' health has improved.
Press Clips
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Bonneville Power dynasty: No longer a ‘no-brainer’
E&E News December 6, 2019
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Bunk beds are renting for $1,000 as the housing crisis spins out of control
Huffington Post September 27, 2019
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Washington’s unofficial freeway: Highway 9 in Lake Stevens strains under a suburban boom
Seattle Times September 3, 2019
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How to Stop Junk Mail and Save Trees—and Your Sanity
Washington Post February 13, 2018
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The Seven Sustainable Wonders of the World
Treehugger June 23, 2017