Alesia Hsiao
Alesia Hsiao is an editorial intern at Planetizen.
Contributed 60 posts
Alesia Hsiao is currently a graduate student in the Urban and Regional Planning program at California Polytechnic University, Pomona. She is an active member of the California chapter of the American Planning Association (APA).
In Which Cities are People Eating the Healthiest?
Ariel Schwartz identifies where people have the best and worst eating habits based on self-supplied data gathered by a food-picture-taking and healthiness-rating application.
Planting Social Change One Garden At a Time
Emily Wax explores how guerrilla gardeners in Washington D.C. are taking over vacant lots and creating space for neighborhood gardens and vegetable patches, and building community along the way.
Retrofitting Buildings in Bulk
Emily Badger looks at how a simple idea in energy retrofitting can be tailored to work for the largely untapped market of small to mid-size commercial properties.
Why Some Electric Vehicles Are No More Green Than Gasoline-Powered Ones
Paul Stenquist analyzes the surprising influence that geography has on the carbon footprint of electric vehicles.
The Truth Behind Decarbonizing
Brad Plumer examines the global need to abate climate change amidst a new report showing carbon emission reductions being claimed by countries around the world can be deceiving.