• Build, Flood, Re-Build, Flood, Repeat: How Will NYC Handle More Water?

    Rebecca Hance
    Build, Flood, Re-Build, Flood, Repeat: How Will NYC Handle More Water?

    By Rebecca Hance What it means for New York to rebuild in alignment with its natural harbor and in response to a changing climate New York City’s coastline is dynamic. The New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, more commonly known as the New York Harbor (sorry Jersey), once boasted a natural ecosystem of marshes, swamps, and…

  • LA Grapples With Too Many Ideas and Politicians, Not Enough Leaders

    Margot Langstaff
    LA Grapples With Too Many Ideas and Politicians, Not Enough Leaders

    By Sarah Barr and Margot Langstaff At the crossroads of fire recovery and climate adaptation, zoning and planning debates in the Palisades chart the future of resilient development. This article is part of a special series on the Los Angeles wildfires, written by guest contributors Sarah Barr and Margot Langstaff. Read the other two articles…

  • My Life After Cars

    Ethan Andersen
    My Life After Cars

    A personalized review of Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile By Ethan Andersen Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile is a new book from the co-hosts of the The War on Cars podcast Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek. The Brooklyn-based trio has been…