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Building Houses and Independence

Kanika Gupta — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:31:00 +0000

In 2022, Pakistan was devastated by unprecedented floods that left millions displaced and without homes in the Sindh province. Following the floods, 1.4 million homes were demolished, and thirty-three million people were left without shelter. However, from this crisis emerged an initiative with the potential to reshape disaster response and empower local communities nationwide, led […]

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Are Coconuts an Environmental Superhero?

Meenakshi J — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:59:19 +0000

In India, the coconut has long been utilized as food, building material, art supply, and medicine for soul and body. Now the rest of the world is discovering just how versatile and valuable it is — including in shoreline restoration.

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Some People’s Trash is Sarah Thornington’s Art

Andrea Pyenson — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:41:36 +0000

The Cape Cod photographer and self-described “artivist” has single-handedly cleared thousands of pieces of plastic from her local beach, creating whimsical mosaics and sculptures.

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Ed Begley Jr.’s Hidden Gems

Jim Miller — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:11:02 +0000

Actor and environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr., shares the green secrets of his LEED Platinum certified home.

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Amalgamated Is Banking on the Climate Future

Leslie Garrett — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:22:34 +0000

Conceived in 1923 by the leader of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Amalgamated Bank was created to provide a safe place for workers — often immigrants — to put their money and have access to financial products and services that they might otherwise be denied, including unsecured loans and a foreign exchange service to […]

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Minnesota’s Wild Rice Season

Jana Studelska — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 01:11:13 +0000

In northern Minnesota, an invitation to spend a day harvesting wild rice is a little like getting the golden ticket. As a rule, people share their foraging and harvesting locations only with family and close friends.

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Growing Green in the Deep Blue

Jim Miller — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:45:59 +0000

Leslie Booher met her husband and business partner Torre Polizzi while studying marine biology at Humboldt State University. Together, they witnessed the near-total collapse of the kelp forest in Humboldt Bay, and wondered what they could do about it. They knew seaweed could be farmed for habitat restoration, food, animal feed, fertilizer, and to clean […]

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Heat Pumps Demystified

Alec Ross — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:05:42 +0000

Heating and cooling homes with oil, natural gas, and propane furnaces generates significant greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to climate change. As a result, governments around the world are encouraging homeowners whose fossil-fueled furnaces or boilers are at the end of their useful life to replace them with cleaner, more energy-efficient air-source electric heat pumps, […]

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Nutritious and Climate Resilient: Emmer Wheat

Sanket Jain — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:23:08 +0000

Also know as farro, heirloom emmer wheat is hardier and more nutritious than hybrid wheat - and climate resilient.

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Rachel Ward: Accidental Farmer

Lizzy Fallows — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:32:16 +0000

The Hollywood star tells a tale of regenerative farming on her land in Australia in the film, Rachel’s Farm.

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