And we have made is beautiful, inclusive and kind. We do not need ICE, we do not need the National Guard, the only thing we need is to continue making Portland the weird and wonderful place it is.

Every crisis of 2025 in a nutshell.

This.

“As far as we know, the only complex life forms anywhere in the universe, and certainly the only ones that you and I will ever interact with, occur in a thin film surrounding the earth - the biosphere.

- Douglas W. Tallamay, Nature’s Best Hope

Whitman nailed it with this one.

Next up for urbancooling.substack.com How do we measure the urban heat island effect? These pics were taken when the air temperature was 85 degrees F. These are surface temperatures. This is why we need more shade, vegetation & cooler building materials. I’ll get into all this and more on Substack.

What Teddy said.

Upcoming post preview: in order to fight the urban heat island effect, we must first measure it. Shade matters. Better urban design matters. Thermal imaging cameras are just one of the tools we can use.

This electric vehicle is a freedom fighter, not a fascism funder. It’s also the most fun vehicle I’ve ever had. E-bikes FTW!

Much ire is being directed at Tesla, but remember that the most dangerous vehicles on the road, the most polluting personal vehicles, and one that screams Trump supporter is the ever present, ever obnoxious bro-dozer. They have no place in our cities.

This Ansel Adam’s quote is more relevant than it has ever been before.

America, will not be great until we truly respect and take care of the environment. Trump has been the anti-environment candidate since 2015. It is beyond shameful that he still has the support of anyone at this point.

This. We have a profound opportunity and obligation to remake this world into one that reconciles the relationship between humanity and the natural world. We have all the tools we need to address the climate crisis, we only lack the political and economic will power to make it happen.