Substacks recommended by Lloyd Alter

Recommended by Lloyd Alter

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.

Andrea Learned On Climate Influence

I cover political, business and cultural leadership through a climate influence lens *and* I share about my Living Change podcast and climate podcasting broadly.

Blood in the Machine

By Brian Merchant

A newsletter about AI, labor, big tech, and power.

The New Urban Order

By Diana Lind

Housing, climate, mobility, culture, tech, and everything else that affects cities.

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

Curious about digital minimalism? Learn how to curb screen time habits and enhance quality of life with the author of Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance

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