Videos

Mark Elbroch with Chris Morgan: How can humans and mountain lions coexist?

Mountain lions aren’t frequent visitors to Seattle’s urban areas, though unconfirmed sightings have been reported in places like Discovery Park as recently as January 2021. But a little further to the east, mountain lions (also called cougars or pumas) are regularly spotted on rural farms and in hiking areas, parks, and suburban yards. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, mountain lions have made a massive comeback in North America.

Trains, Buses, People: An Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Transit

Christof Spieler, PE, AICP, LEED AP, and author of Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, has examined more than 50 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada with rail or bus rapid transit to explore why the systems were built, how well they are working and what makes transit successful.

Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America

How do we make farmland more affordable? What can conservation easements, land trusts and other farm transfer mechanisms do to open the market to others outside of the direct descendants of farmers themselves?

The Cost of Convenience: Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Pollution Crisis

During the Plastic Pollution Coalition October 20th webinar, we focused on the connection between the plastic pollution crisis and environmental injustice around the world, where economically disadvantaged nations take in a larger share of the world’s trash, and manufacturing chemicals threaten predominantly Black and low-income communities.

Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation

This webinar originally aired on 13 October 2021. Presented by: Samuel Brody of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas at Texas A&M University at Galveston, Carlos Martin with the Brookings Institution’ Metropolitan Policy Program, and Carolyn Kousky of the Wharton Risk Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing

Many cities and towns have used a model of economic development that relies on recruiting large companies, a single industry or other narrow fixes to create jobs and stimulate development. Recently, another model based on investing in place and supporting small-scale, local operations has emerged and is creating success across the country.

Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food at ASU

Author Richard Munson has worked on clean energy and environmental issues for nonprofits, in the private sector, and on Capitol Hill. Most recently, Munson served as director of the Environmental Defense Fund.

Bet the Farm

Beth Hoffman is a beginning farmer on almost 530 acres in Iowa. Her new book, Bet The Farm, chronicles her transition as a journalist and professor in San Francisco to her life in Iowa, where she lives out her dream of becoming a farmer, to put into practice everything she had learned over decades of reporting on food and agriculture.

Webinar: The New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies

New transportation technologies are coming online faster than ever. While many of these emerging technologies are helping to expand our world, they need to be evaluated critically. Todd Litman, author of the new book New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies will discuss 12 emerging transportation modes and services that will likely significantly affect our lives as they become more commonplace.

Author Erica Cirino on Thicker Than Water

Author Erica Cirino previews her book Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis.