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In most developed countries, the highest level of government has direct authority over zoning laws, but not in the United States. Here it’s all handled on the local level. However, the myriad problems involved with building housing these days, especially apartments and starter homes, may be changing that. It appears the issue could go a…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that 44,000 species of plants are threatened with extinction right now, and a direct driver of this crisis is biocides, the same chemicals you spray on your lawn to poison such nuisances as dandelions and clover. But recent studies show that in poisoning dandelions, you probably are poisoning yourself…
The owners of Stewart’s Shops, an ice cream chain in the Northeast, believe the company’s success is due to its employees – and showed their appreciation by making 175 of them millionaires. It’s a plan that worked well for Stewart’s, so it could be – should be? – copied by other chains. Convenience store wins…
As coal-powered power plants shut down at an ever-increasing speed across the nation, the problem arises of what to do with the lands they occupied. Michigan might have the ideal answer: Turn them into greenways, parks, wildlife habitats and clean energy sites. Power Plants to Parklands Is Turning Michigan’s Retired Coal Plants Into Community Hubs…
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Microplastics, which are defined as plastic particles five millimeters thick, or about the width of a paperclip, have been found in people’s livers, lungs, arteries, carotid arteries, breast milk, placentas – and now in men’s testicles. It is not known how they get there, and more study is needed to determine how dangerous it is,…
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It’s been known for some time now that bottlenose dolphins and orange-fronted parakeets identify each other by mimicking the signature calls of those they are addressing. But now it’s beginning to appear that elephants actually have names for one another. Do elephants have names for each other? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00797-z Related Reading
There is very little difference between the book burnings carried out by Germany’s Nazis and the book bannings being promoted by American arch-conservatives, but such bannings are rapidly increasing all across America. Librarians are the first line of defense against the practice, but they need help, and independent publishers, informal advocacy networks, tight-knit social groups…
The iconic chasing-arrows recycling symbol became so popular with people trying to do the right thing that greedy corporations began slapping the symbols on just about everything to encourage people to buy them. Now the symbol has become virtually useless. Even worse, it causes well-meaning people to put plastics into their recycle bins that actually…
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Civil lawsuits against big oil companies have been ramping up all over the world recently because of their polluting ways, but new surveys show that a rapidly growing number of likely voters want criminal charges brought against them as well. If the companies know their pollution is killing people, and they don’t do anything about…
Atlanta’s Urban Recipe distributes food for the needy, but not like traditional food pantries. Its a co-op composed of 50 families who govern themselves democratically, and it also fills their need for community, for personal growth, and for accomplishing a shared task together. The transformative power of Urban Recipe’s Atlanta food co-op model https://www.shareable.net/the-transformative-power-of-urban-recipes-atlanta-food-co-op-model/ Related…
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