Articles by Jonathan Hiskes
Jonathan Hiskes is a writer in Seattle and a former Grist staff reporter. Find him at jonathanhiskes.com and on Twitter.
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Big exciting news about building codes. No, really
Maybe it's more inspiring to look at glitzy new green developments like UniverCity or Vancouver's Olympic Village, but these new energy codes improve every new home by 30 percent, not just the ambitious projects.
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Fix public housing by reconnecting it to the street grid
An aging public housing project faces the same challenge as a ritzy New Urbanist neighborhood -- it's been sliced off from the surrounding grid. Here's how to fix it.
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The future we want
It's tough to make compelling drama out of a happy-green-prosperous future -- even if that's where we want to live.
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Oregon to help Iraqi universities build green engineering programs
The forms of 21st-century living pioneered here aren't just about fixing the U.S., they're about providing models that other countries can emulate.
