📚 EcoBlocks Reading & Watch List
Where housing, sustainability, and data come together.
🏘️ Real Estate & Housing
🔹 Short Reads & Articles
- Why Housing Affordability Is a Data Problem – Urban Institute
- What Makes a City Walkable? – Vox
- How Redlining Still Shapes Cities – Bloomberg CityLab
- Why It’s So Hard to Build Housing in California – LA Times
📖 Key Book
- Evicted by Matthew Desmond – Pulitzer Prize-winning, widely-read book on housing insecurity in the U.S.
🎥 TED & Video
- The Case for Building More Housing – Vox (YouTube)
- How Urban Spaces Can Preserve History and Build Community – Walter Hood (TED)
🌿 Environment & Sustainability
🔹 Short Reads & Articles
- Why Cities Need Trees – The Washington Post
- Mapping Heat Islands in Your City – NASA Earth Observatory
- How Data Can Help Fight Climate Change – The Verge
📖 Key Book
- Drawdown by Project Drawdown – A widely-referenced, data-based guide to effective climate solutions.
🎥 TED & Video
- The Disarming Case for Climate Action – Greta Thunberg (TED)
- How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 – Michael Green (TED)
- The Story of Stuff – YouTube
💡 Tips for Use
- Read or watch 1 item a week as a team
- Post blog updates with key takeaways
- Invite others to suggest their favorite reads or talks
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