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I'm now updating THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST for the paperback (coming in July!) and I'm gobsmacked by the speed and scale of the changes we are seeing, especially in the ocean. 2024 is not sneaking in on little cat feet (h/t Carl Sandburg). theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

You can literally pre-fabricate passive houses and plant based bricks for CO2 negative deep renovations in your backyard, right now. This is open technology.

Sort Trae, a Passivhaus near Barnsley by @HEMArchitects, shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects Yorkshire Awards 2024. Nice one Paul @ArchTesta & team! buff.ly/3UHJoQw

On climate, our goal isn't to have the world paralyzed by anxiety but rather galvanized for action. And for that, we need hope; not false hope that all will be well (it won't be, if we don't act) but hope based on the conviction that if we do something, it WILL make a difference.

I cannot express how eerie it is to be collecting maple sap in early March and there not being any snow covering the forest floor. I’ve NEVER seen this before.

Enough #methane to burn the planet down several times over. In =1956= a highly respected scientist named Gilbert Plass made it clear in American Scientist that, if we want to maintain #climate stability, we must keep #fossilfuels in the ground. (Fire Weather, ch. 19) #ClimateEmergency

Great primer on “How we build more housing” here ⁦Noah Smith 🐇⁩ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/eco…

Canada’s bipartisan task force on housing concludes: where we build housing is as important as how much we build. Yes, this left/right task force agrees we need housing, shops, amenities, in existing hoods. Yours and mine. Bring it on. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

After the gross #ChinatownYVR gentrifier gym comedy debacle, we now have another quintessential gentrifier story complete with colonial aesthetics. When gentrifiers cry victim in stigmatizing stories, they continue to contribute to the gentrification of Chinatown & DTES. #vanpoli

Fourplexes are a complicated niche that could provide some housing relief - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/ar…

Athletes Village for the Paris Olympics Many of these are mass timber buildings. These ones designed by Brenac & Gonzalez Associates

9 stories without drywall. I like it. Now we just need single stair!

The E26th #Passivhaus by Lanefab A narrow 25’ lot in Mt. Pleasant This project was a challenging combo of passive house constraints (insulation / shading) with city of vancouver parking rules and extensive design guidelines that dictated much of the exterior look and shape.

America built some of the world's greatest architecture... and then demolished it. A thread of wonders that were lost (and why)... 🧵 1. Cincinnati Library: replaced by a parking garage

We hope this new "De Fab" deconstruction method will make disassembly a more economical choice (compared to demolition/landfill) for all of our projects. cc @[email protected] montepaulsen.bsky.social Chris Higgins City of Vancouver - Greenest City Bloomberg CityLab

I'm sure many in Vancouver are asking themselves questions about the way transit-oriented density is working here, where Broadway renters facing massive change but development along Canada Line was confined to street front of Cambie -- maybe should be 10 blocks either side there?

Yesterday, a cyclist was killed by the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup in East Van. People will use the word "accident" but this didn't need to happen. A long list of policy failures got us here. This thread will document these failures 🧵 vancouversun.com/news/local-new…

Climate damages are "6X LARGER than previously thought", says new NBER working paper – every 1C wipes out 12% of global GDP – every tonne of CO2 causes >$1,000 of damages Gernot Wagner tells me: "Assuming nobody finds a flaw in this paper, it is going to truly change things"

New support for low and middle income households, covering up to $5000 to upgrade electrical service and up to $16,000 for a cold climate heat pump. No change to the incentive for households with over $105,000+ in income.