Introducing a New Podcast: "Upzoned"
Introducing Upzoned: yet another new podcast from Strong Towns! Episodes of Upzoned will be released on Fridays. It joins It’s the Little Things on Wednesdays, and the OG Strong Towns Podcast on Mondays, as we triple our volume of podcast content to bring you more incisive, in-depth, thoughtful analysis on everything about the way our world is built.
Of course, bringing you that analysis is something that can take a little time. But sometimes, a hot new story will cross our desks that we need to talk about right away. That's where Upzoned comes in. Join Kea Wilson, Chuck Marohn, and occasional surprise guests to talk in depth about just one big story from the week in the Strong Towns conversation, right when you want it: now.
In the first episode of Upzoned, Kea and Chuck used this article from the Texas Observer as a springboard to talk about the challenges of meeting basic water needs in Texas and other super-dry desert climates.
Why aren't Texans building giant dams and reservoirs anymore? Will centrifuging our own pee like astronauts and building cisterns in the backyard really be enough to meet water needs n the deserts of Arizona and Nevada? Or will they need to take a note from Earthship communities in Northern New Mexico who make it work on 8-10 inches of rainfall a year?
Kea and Chuck discuss these issues and more in this week's Upzoned.
P.S. It just so happens that the article prompting this discussion comes from the Texas Observer. Hungry for more discussion of how to build strong towns in Texas, and the inspiring things that forward-thinking leaders there are already doing? Come to Strong Towns's North Texas Regional Gathering, October 3-5, 2018 in Plano! More information and tickets here.