Archive - Sustain What

Lessons for L.A. from San Francisco's 1906 Quake and Inferno, and from Outliers

Via my old friend and fellow longtime journalist Donald G McNeil, Jr., I came to ponder what lessons from San Francisco’s 1906 double-barreled…

8 hrs ago •

Music Aside: Where Will You Be When You've Won?

This post-election moment is all about winners and losers, but what if there's a different way to prioritize and live?

Published on Sustain What • 10 hrs ago

Amid Firestorms of Fakery, How to Seek Reality (and Spread that Capacity)

It is still possible to thrive online. Really. But it takes a pause-before-sharing mindset, and a digital village.

Jan 15 •

Building Forward Safer Where Communities Grow Into Wildfire Danger Zones

Boulder County, Colorado, is just the latest of a growing string of communities devastated when fires that might have started "wild" explode into urban…

Published on Sustain What • Jan 14

Causes and Potential Solutions to the LA Wildfire Disaster

By Patrick Brown

Published on The Breakthrough Journal • Jan 11

A Wildfire Risk Watchword - "Grandfathered"

I’ll be posting more here soon on the Los Angeles-area firestorms extreme wind-driven fires [updated; see correction] and the implications of this…

Jan 10 •

"Wild" Fire is Inevitable; Urban Home Ignitions Are Not

Anyone in harm's way in California's horrendous wildfire outbreak should skip this post

Jan 8 •

With Trump's Victory Certified, Here's Why January 7 Should be a U.S. National Holiday

Yes, I’ll get back to climate and sustainability policy soon, but without functioning democracies (in the United States and elsewhere) don’t count on…

Jan 6 •

I am overwhelmed by the response

Published on Open Windows • Jan 6

Democracy - What's Cartooning Got to Do With It?

Jeff Bezos's flunkies at the Washington Post couldn't stand the heat an editorial artist applies to everyone, including her employer

Jan 5 •

December 2024

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