“Human populations are set to decline in countries from Asia to Europe – and an unusual form of rewilding is taking place”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/24/as-birth-rates-fall-animals-prowl-in-our-abandoned-ghost-villages

“It is a trend that could reshape regional economies for decades to come. Record numbers of Australians are turning their backs on pandemic-hit big cities, taking advantage of being able to work from home, and relocating to commutable country towns and their lure of open space, fresh air and cheaper housing. This, in turn, is creating new jobs and business opportunities.”

http://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/the-boom-in-country-towns-is-no-flash-in-the-pan-20210120-p56vnl?btis

San Francisco office market in collapse as tech workers stay home | San Francisco | The Guardian

“As Silicon Valley businesses shutter offices, the city looks very different. But will the change outlast the coronavirus?”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/14/san-francisco-office-leases-tech-industry-covid

“Authors including Nnedi Okorafor, Kim Stanley Robinson and Alastair Reynolds reveal what does, and doesn’t, go into creating their worlds.”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/05/if-the-aliens-lay-eggs-how-does-that-affect-architecture-sci-fi-writers-on-how-they-build-their-worlds

Covid pivot: the people who changed careers and flourished in 2020 | Coronavirus | The Guardian

~_“ For many Australians, the pandemic has meant less work security and confidence. But for some the disruption has been a blessing in disguise”_~

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/29/covid-pivot-the-people-who-changed-careers-and-flourished-in-2020

“Mike Strizki powers his house and cars with hydrogen he home-. brews. He is using his retirement to evangelize for the planet-saving advantages of hydrogen batteries.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/business/hydrogen-power-cars.html?referringSource=articleShare

Dreading or dreaming of a return to the office in 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/return-to-office-work-from-home-coronavirus/2020/12/27/9796d0c8-43da-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html

“Because neither the United States nor the world can do without cities.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/opinion/cities-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare

“The future of work is flexibility.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/opinion/covid-offices-remote-work.html?referringSource=articleShare