‘Free stores” offer an alternative to spending money
Americans spend more money in December than in any other month, and create 5.8 million tons of additional waste. Gift returns peak in the first week of January, with…
The women celebrated by tunnel boring machines
I was working on a story about the new Elizabeth line in London and how it helped rebuild a wetland in Essex when I became fascinated that the tunnel…
A promise made, a promise kept
This article was written by Dr Sania Nishtar, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and published on their website on 21 November 2025 “In December 2022 Gavi set an ambitious…
Geothermal will heat Regina’s new aquatic facility
Regina’s new Indoor Aquatic Facility, which officially broke ground in August 2025, will be heated using deep geothermal energy, making it sustainable and nearly emissions-free. It is not new…
Filling an ecological niche in the Highlands
A rewilding project in the Scottish Highlands is taking us back in time, figuratively speaking. It will introduce a herd of long-horned tauros that will fill the ecological role that the aurochs, the wild ancestors…
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A model for helping the unhoused
For years, a vacant lot in downtown Los Angeles sat empty. It was once a parking lot and was slated to become a staging area for the construction of a new jail. But in 2019,…
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Now it’s a symbol of reconciliation
When the Little Yellow School House was built in 1912, it became a symbol of dislocation for the Squamish people. Located just 300 meters from the ancient Squamish village of Sen̓áḵw, construction of Henry Hudson…
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Turning seaweed into a benefit
Since 2011, Grenada has faced annual seaweed onslaughts, after the currents that used to trap sargassum in the Sargasso Sea broke down and allowed the algae to escape. It spread from West Africa to the…
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