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Urban architects, clients and building-code bureaucrats prefer building with synthetic materials like streel, concrete and glass, but building with timber is back in vogue — in a whole new way. Imagining a City of Wood https://www.curbed.com/article/mass-timber-nyc-construction-projects.html Related Reading
The study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) suggests that implementing a climate fee on food in Germany could effectively reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 22.5%, which is over 15 million tonnes annually. Climate fee on food could effectively cut greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture while ensuring a social balance https://phys.org/news/2025-01-climate-fee-food-effectively-greenhouse.html…
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The Netherlands sponsors a contest every year to see who can turn the most paving slabs in their gardens into green space. The joyful contest has won over the nation so thoroughly that it’s now considered a national sport, and it is making a positive difference. Tile whipping: The national competition helping to make…
“Scientists have been telling Americans for years to eat less of them, even as food companies and federal agriculture policies push ever more of these foods our way.” This special series on ultraprocessed foods, from the Food & Environment Reporting Network in partnership with Inverse, examines “what they are, why they’re everywhere, and what they’re…
Fifteen years ago, Uruguay depended virtually 100 percent on imported oil to provide its energy needs. Today, it produces up to 98 percent of its energy from renewable sources. It has shown other countries how to do it, but will they? Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done…
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In the 1600s and 1700s, San Cristóbal was overrun by cats, rats and goats, all of which outcompeted the slow-moving Galápagos tortoises for food. At the same time, carnivores feasted on their eggs, and the combination caused the population to nosedive. Today, however, with human help, the giant tortoises are making a comeback. Return of…
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YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE is a documentary film available for viewing on WATERBEAR, a “free platform that brings inspiration and action together through award-winning, certified films and documentaries that you can stream at any time, and on any device for free.” “YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE takes us inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Slater Jewell-Kemker was…
Abandoned schools across America are finding new uses, such as space for artisans, nonprofits and educators, and even restaurants. Some communities have converted them into affordable housing, community centers and commercial spaces. Adaptive reuse breathes new life into abandoned schools https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/adaptive-reuse-abandoned-schools/736611/ Related Reading
Researchers successfully transplanted chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, where they remained active for two days, marking a significant step towards potential applications in bioengineering and photosynthesis in animal cells. Plants’ Photosynthetic Machinery Functions inside Hamster Cells https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/plants-photosynthetic-machinery-functions-inside-hamster-cells/ Related Reading
As cities around the world are pummeled by intense downpours and frequent flooding, many are turning to rain gardens to sponge up all that water and relieve pressure on their sewerage systems. Here is how Sao Paulo, Brazil, is doing it. The Sponge Megacity https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-sao-paulo-flooding-rain-garden Related Reading