Sustainable Living
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Sightliners’ 2023 Giving Tuesday Recommendations
Empower strong communities today with your support. -
Sightline Institute’s Giving Tuesday Spotlights
Staff share their picks to support a brighter tomorrow. -
Cascadia and the End of Roe
Oregon and Washington can support women who come here needing abortions and can lead the way on state-of-the-art reproductive healthcare and contraceptive options that have had abortion on the decline for decades anyway. -
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Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic: #4. Cheap Beef
The pandemic is knocking this climate-killing food down a notch. -
Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic #3: The Hegemony of Fossil Fuels
Their economic power is crumbling. How soon will their political power follow? -
Things I Hope Never Come Back After the Pandemic. #2: Junk Mail
Already declining before Covid, ad mail has plummeted. -
The decisions we make in our everyday lives and in our homes can help to promote a greener, healthier Northwest. From installing a rain garden to buying less stuff to opting for public transit or biking when possible, small everyday actions by engaged, informed consumers accumulate to big impacts.
Series in Sustainable Living
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Teen Pregnancy: Going... Going...
How to continue the decrease in US teen birth rates. -
My Year of Nothing New
Follow Anna Fahey's New Year's resolution to buy nothing new in 2012—saving cash and cutting carbon at the same time. -
Sustainababy: Born to be Green
Anna Fahey looks at pregnancy and motherhood through the lens of sustainability policy. -
The Year of Living Car-lessly Experiment
After the demise of their family Volvo, Sightline director Alan Durning and his family decided to try living car-free for one year. -
The Reluctant Cyclist
Follow Eric Hess's first rides, initial thoughts on commuting, and an introduction to bike culture in this Sightline series. -
Making Sustainability Legal
Some of the smartest, most innovative solutions for a sustainable Northwest are, at present, simply illegal. This Sightline series puts the spotlight on cases where we can make sustainability legal by changing existing regulations and developing pragmatic money-saving proposals.
Recent Reports & Graphics
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How Kinder Morgan’s Bankers Are Funding a Tar Sands Pipeline
Some banks are saying exactly the right things, but their money is doing the opposite. -
Making Sustainability Legal
Outdated Rules that Stop Affordable, Green Solutions -
Indicator Update: Cascadian Life Expectancy Increases
Despite recent economic woes, northwesterners' health has improved.
