Mike Eliason
@holz-bau.bsky.social
climate adaptive housing developer
activist for: car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
activist for: car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
oh hey this is 100% what SDOT, seattle office of sustainability & environment are also doing (or rather, not doing)
I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
oh hey this is 100% what SDOT, seattle office of sustainability & environment are also doing (or rather, not doing)
in brooklyn after one of my talks, an architect whose wife is from madrid was talking about how every time they go back - not only is there more bike/ped stuff making streets safer & more livable - but they're iterating & making things better where *previously* improved
we can't do either in the US
we can't do either in the US
So, Pike Place pedestrianization is over? What the fuck @pikeplacemarket.bsky.social?
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
in brooklyn after one of my talks, an architect whose wife is from madrid was talking about how every time they go back - not only is there more bike/ped stuff making streets safer & more livable - but they're iterating & making things better where *previously* improved
we can't do either in the US
we can't do either in the US
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So, Pike Place pedestrianization is over? What the fuck @pikeplacemarket.bsky.social?
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
So, Pike Place pedestrianization is over? What the fuck @pikeplacemarket.bsky.social?
market ave when?
Three years ago, Utrecht completed the transformation of the Sint Josephlaan and turned an unattractive, unlivable car sewer into a green city boulevard.
It shows that even Dutch cities were not always like they are today and have often come a long way in becoming better versions of themselves.
It shows that even Dutch cities were not always like they are today and have often come a long way in becoming better versions of themselves.
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
market ave when?
this is about as useful as those signs that read 'please don't drink and drive' - as if politely asking drivers ever accomplished anything, safety-wise
In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.
Speed display signs only slow drivers down by 1km/h: Halifax report
Halifax has installed nearly 50 speed display signs around the municipality, but on average they only slow down drivers by less than one km/h, according to a new staff report.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
this is about as useful as those signs that read 'please don't drink and drive' - as if politely asking drivers ever accomplished anything, safety-wise
inflation up
housing costs up
interest rates up
transportation costs up
healthcare costs up
tariffs up
i can't imagine why people are struggling
housing costs up
interest rates up
transportation costs up
healthcare costs up
tariffs up
i can't imagine why people are struggling
"Costs for goods and services are 25% above where they were in 2020. Even though the inflation rate is below its recent 2022 high, certain essentials like coffee, ground beef and car repairs are up markedly this year."
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation
Workers are growing tired of an economy in which everything seems to get more expensive.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
inflation up
housing costs up
interest rates up
transportation costs up
healthcare costs up
tariffs up
i can't imagine why people are struggling
housing costs up
interest rates up
transportation costs up
healthcare costs up
tariffs up
i can't imagine why people are struggling
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With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.
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Despite my pledge to myself to buy no more books until I finished my current TBR stack, I couldn’t resist 50% off some titles on my wish list. Thanks @islandpress.bsky.social!
@holz-bau.bsky.social
@mrmattsimon.bsky.social
#sustainablecommunities
#microplastics
#biocomposites
#naturaltextiles
@holz-bau.bsky.social
@mrmattsimon.bsky.social
#sustainablecommunities
#microplastics
#biocomposites
#naturaltextiles
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Despite my pledge to myself to buy no more books until I finished my current TBR stack, I couldn’t resist 50% off some titles on my wish list. Thanks @islandpress.bsky.social!
@holz-bau.bsky.social
@mrmattsimon.bsky.social
#sustainablecommunities
#microplastics
#biocomposites
#naturaltextiles
@holz-bau.bsky.social
@mrmattsimon.bsky.social
#sustainablecommunities
#microplastics
#biocomposites
#naturaltextiles
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same thing happened after the Marshall fire I wrote then: lloydalter.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when we get a clean slate? We write the same thing again
A depressing visit to the Marshall Fire reconstruction shows we have learned nothing.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
same thing happened after the Marshall fire I wrote then: lloydalter.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
wow
Welp, after years of planning, pots of dedicated funding, promises that despite other elements getting yanked from the plans that sidewalk repairs were still on the table, the only sidewalk on LWB that got repaved this year was the segment right in front of Bruce's house.
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
wow
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November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
i hear there's a team of teens this year
Happy Cranksgiving! Once again our annual November food drive bike ride is plagued with great weather. See you at Byrd Barr Place (18th/Columbia)! It’s gonna be a good one. www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/10/27/s... #SEAbikes
Seattle Cranksgiving 2025 is November 22 + More ways to support community food security with your wallet and your bike
Art by Anita Elder. The 16th Annual Seattle Cranksgiving is November 22, but it could be unlike any that came before it. Join us for a day of fun, bikes and community support! Anyone with a bike an…
www.seattlebikeblog.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
i hear there's a team of teens this year
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New research compares the use of electric and regular bikes in DC's Capital Bikeshare network.
Conclusion: E-bikes make bikeshare better.
"E-bikes enable broader dispersion across the city by connecting more distant bikeshare stations and supporting extended mobility."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
Conclusion: E-bikes make bikeshare better.
"E-bikes enable broader dispersion across the city by connecting more distant bikeshare stations and supporting extended mobility."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New research compares the use of electric and regular bikes in DC's Capital Bikeshare network.
Conclusion: E-bikes make bikeshare better.
"E-bikes enable broader dispersion across the city by connecting more distant bikeshare stations and supporting extended mobility."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
Conclusion: E-bikes make bikeshare better.
"E-bikes enable broader dispersion across the city by connecting more distant bikeshare stations and supporting extended mobility."
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
tbh i'd be fine with the top pic...
that's how awful our public realm is in seattle.
that's how awful our public realm is in seattle.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
tbh i'd be fine with the top pic...
that's how awful our public realm is in seattle.
that's how awful our public realm is in seattle.
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Happy Cranksgiving! Once again our annual November food drive bike ride is plagued with great weather. See you at Byrd Barr Place (18th/Columbia)! It’s gonna be a good one. www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/10/27/s... #SEAbikes
Seattle Cranksgiving 2025 is November 22 + More ways to support community food security with your wallet and your bike
Art by Anita Elder. The 16th Annual Seattle Cranksgiving is November 22, but it could be unlike any that came before it. Join us for a day of fun, bikes and community support! Anyone with a bike an…
www.seattlebikeblog.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Happy Cranksgiving! Once again our annual November food drive bike ride is plagued with great weather. See you at Byrd Barr Place (18th/Columbia)! It’s gonna be a good one. www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/10/27/s... #SEAbikes
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before and after
#strawhouse #wrapping #strawbuilding #carbonstorage
bau|gestalt architekten www.baugestalt.de/wohnhaussani...
#strawhouse #wrapping #strawbuilding #carbonstorage
bau|gestalt architekten www.baugestalt.de/wohnhaussani...
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
before and after
#strawhouse #wrapping #strawbuilding #carbonstorage
bau|gestalt architekten www.baugestalt.de/wohnhaussani...
#strawhouse #wrapping #strawbuilding #carbonstorage
bau|gestalt architekten www.baugestalt.de/wohnhaussani...
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No private cars during this video in the center of Paris ! This is not because of some enforcement, it just turns out the users of the road in this video are many cyclists, a bus, a few taxis and one moped ;)
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
No private cars during this video in the center of Paris ! This is not because of some enforcement, it just turns out the users of the road in this video are many cyclists, a bus, a few taxis and one moped ;)
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We all knew the petro-loving countries would fight for their business model at #COP30. So no, it’s not enough for the rest of the world to show up with feel-good green speeches. Right now, we need them to fight like our only home depends on it—because it does.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We all knew the petro-loving countries would fight for their business model at #COP30. So no, it’s not enough for the rest of the world to show up with feel-good green speeches. Right now, we need them to fight like our only home depends on it—because it does.
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
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Shots fired #COP30 plenary
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Shots fired #COP30 plenary
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
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"Ukraine must “enshrine in its constitution” a promise to never join NATO. Ukraine must shrink the size of its armed forces to 600,000, down from 900,000. Ukraine may not host foreign troops on its soil. Ukraine must hold new elections within 100 days, a demand not made of Russia, a dictatorship"
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Ukraine must “enshrine in its constitution” a promise to never join NATO. Ukraine must shrink the size of its armed forces to 600,000, down from 900,000. Ukraine may not host foreign troops on its soil. Ukraine must hold new elections within 100 days, a demand not made of Russia, a dictatorship"
the incumbent who lost seattle's mayoral race claimed now was not the time for hope.
not only do we need hope in this moment - we need action. actual leadership. for once.
LFG!
not only do we need hope in this moment - we need action. actual leadership. for once.
LFG!
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the incumbent who lost seattle's mayoral race claimed now was not the time for hope.
not only do we need hope in this moment - we need action. actual leadership. for once.
LFG!
not only do we need hope in this moment - we need action. actual leadership. for once.
LFG!
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"...we need to make it possible for more and more people to live in this city without owning a car... I mean, as more people continue to move to Seattle in our region, we just have limited space, and it’s just not possible to keep adding cars to the road." @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Seattle Nice Interviews Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson! - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett We had Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson on Seattle Nice this week for a wide-ranging interview about her…
publicola.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"...we need to make it possible for more and more people to live in this city without owning a car... I mean, as more people continue to move to Seattle in our region, we just have limited space, and it’s just not possible to keep adding cars to the road." @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social