LOCAL
• The ancient roots of our modern Christmas tree [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside feeling gentrification squeeze [CBC-Vancouver]
• Bridging the gap: Students learn about their city, themselves and how little it takes to make a difference [Vancouver Sun]
• Idea #7: Make ‘Affordable’ the New ‘Livable’ [The Tyee]
INTERNATIONAL
• 4 Great Transportation Projects to Watch (and 4 Awful Ones) [The Atlantic Cities]
• 2012 review: The year in environment [New Scientist]
• The Ten Most Popular Essays of 2012 from Design Observer [Places: Design Observer]
• Urban Morphology in Mexico City [POLIS]
• Japan tsunami’s floating debris to keep hitting the Pacific Coast this winter [Gizmodo]
• California’s marijuana boom is wreaking havoc on the environment [io9]
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