Substacks recommended by Lloyd Alter

Recommended by Lloyd Alter

Bob’s Bizzare

By Bob BAAL

Just a Substack amoungst Substacks

this is so obscure and so interesting....

- Lloyd Alter

Let's Talk Outcrop

By Jacob Clarke

Summarizing cutting-edge Earth Science research and exploring fundamental Earth processes.

Interesting geological science made comprehensible.

- Lloyd Alter

Living in a Cave

By Jane

Our family's journey of learning to thrive whilst living beyond growth-obsessed economics - the ups, the downs and what we're discovering. (And no, we don't actually live in a cave, despite what growth idealogues would like you to believe...)

Ground Floor

By Henry Grabar

Notes from street level

Nihon Bites

By Emika Oka

A compilation of everything related to Japanese food, culinary delights and culture.

The Military Philosopher

By Robert A Mosher

Applied Historian and Independent Analyst and Scholar of War, Warfare, Peace, and Policy

Andrea Learned On Climate Influence

We have so much opportunity to develop and leverage our leadership climate influence. This, usually audio form, newsletter will be full of insights, inspiration and shout-outs for where/when/how I am seeing it out in the world. Be SEEN leading.

Blood in the Machine

By Brian Merchant

A newsletter about AI, Silicon Valley, labor and power.

The New Urban Order

By Diana Lind

Exploring cities around the world, and the housing, climate, mobility, culture, and tech in them.

Kent’s Substack

By Kent Peterson

I usually type about one page a day here on an old manual typewriter.

His stories are lovely.

- Lloyd Alter

SUSTAIN INITIATIVE by Jennifer Newton

By Sustain Initiative by Jennifer Newton

Here to help you take small + intentional steps towards a life that’s safer for our families and kinder to the planet. Weekly posts about consumerism, low-waste lifestyle changes, and intentional living/ spending. By writer and historian Jennifer Newton.

"I’m here to help you take small + intentional steps towards a more sustainable life." And they add up!

- Lloyd Alter

Straphanger, from Taras Grescoe

Bulletins from a Future Beyond the Automobile (And How to Get There)

The Analog Family

By Katherine Martinko

How can we be better parents in a digital era? Smart guidance on how to fight tech takeover, embrace independence, tolerate boredom, and navigate FOMO, from the author of Childhood Unplugged

Katherine, who I have known for decades and worked at Treehugger, has also started a Substack. She's got an interesting book coming out as well.

- Lloyd Alter

Cargobike Culture

By James Turner

The internet's favourite weekly newsletter about cargobikes, delivered from the cycling utopia of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

The Carbon Architect

By Steven Biersteker

Exploring carbon in architecture, one diagram at a time.

great diagrams!

- Lloyd Alter

Longer Forms

By Matthew Lewis

Twitter threads, but as a series paragraphs

Sustain What

By Andy @Revkin

A regular dose of sanity and substance amid the spin around climate and sustainability challenges.

The Toronto History Weekly

By Adam Bunch

Fascinating stories from the city's past, including murder, rebellion, scandal and plague — from the author of The Toronto Book of the Dead & The Toronto Book of Love. Plus all the latest heritage news and events.

The Green Dispatch

By Paul Hormick

Cutting-edge news and science on the environment and climate change

Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

By Phoebe Maltz Bovy

All the clothes, interiors, and cultural politics of TV shows very much not of the moment.

Urbanism Speakeasy with Andy Boenau

Simple truths about city planning & transportation to help you promote healthy infrastructure.

NextDraft

By Dave Pell

The day's most fascinating news from the Internet's Managing Editor

I have been reading this for years, and now he is on Substack. My favourite email and now one of my favourite substacks.

- Lloyd Alter

Carbon Upfront!

Recommended by Lloyd Alter