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Linhares, Brazil, is a world-renowned surfing destination, so when local surfers complained that the waves were changing, the city listened — and did something that has never been done before. It granted the waves legal personhood, complete with all the protections that infers. For the First Time, Part of the Ocean Has Been Granted Legal…
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It has been proven that having more cyclists on our cities’ streets makes the streets safer for everyone. Here are five simple ways your city can create a bike-friendly environment. 5 Steps to Building a Bike-Friendly City https://sustainableamerica.org/blog/five-steps-to-building-a-bike-friendly-city/ Related Reading
At one time, San Francisco was famous for the large number of homeless people who slept on its sidewalks every night. These days, however, the number of homeless encampments is the lowest the city has recorded in a decade. Where did everybody go? Homeless encampments have largely vanished from San Francisco. Is the city at…
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Cats are the number one killer of birds, but not far behind in second place, and gaining fast, are glass buildings. Birds breaking their necks by smashing into those buildings account for over 600 million bird deaths each year, which has helped shrink the U.S. bird population by almost a third since 1970. Cities are…
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Many times, perhaps most times, the lack of healthy, fresh, nutritious foods in certain neighborhoods is the result of structural racism and unjust penal systems that keep people impoverished and hungry. Feed Black Futures is a community-based food sovereignty organization in California that is battling that by connecting Black and brown farmers with Black mamas and…
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Pavement prevents water from reaching the soil under it; instead, it causes the water to run across it, collecting pollutants and biological contaminants along the way that make their way into waterways, plants, animals — and ourselves. But there is a solution, and a Portland-based nonprofit called Depave has put together a guide that explains…
Rooftop gardens and solar panels can play a significant role in helping cities meet their needs for vegetables and electricity, but it must be one or the other — not both. So how does one decide which is the best choice? What should we do with the world’s rooftops…produce food or energy? https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/10/what-should-we-do-with-the-worlds-rooftops-produce-food-or-energy Related…
Although immigration causes severe problems in some cities, Midwestern cities see it as a solution to many of their problems, including labor shortages and years of depopulation. The Midwest cities in search of new migrants http://archive.today/8KU1f Related Reading
Scientists tell us that heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather, so they are finding ways to turn people’s clothes into tools against extreme heat. The latest example is a way to apply a chalk-based coating to clothes that reduces the temperature underneath those clothes by up to 8 degrees Fahrenheit. Coating clothes with…
The United States has one of the highest death rates of any wealthy nation for infants and new mothers both, so Oregon is rolling out a new program to change that. The program offers any family with a new baby a no-cost home visit with a trained nurse. Babies don’t come with instructions. But in Oregon, they now come…