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Colombia is solving its severe housing shortage by using the Crane WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project), which is known as “the infinity 3D printer.” The WASP, employing technology used by the Mason Wasp, an insect that uses mud to build its nests, uses locally sourced materials, such as clay, mud, sand and even agricultural waste…
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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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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…
Countless studies of what policies work best to improve the climate have concluded there is no single answer, no one silver bullet that could solve all our problems, but scientists have concluded that there is a single best solution: adopting a combination of policies. What climate policies work best? A new study has answers https://grist.org/economics/climate-policy-emissions-study/…
Is it ethical or even wise to have children at a moment of escalating crises in the world, especially climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse? It took years for this pregnant climate writer to decide, but she eventually decided the answer is an unequivocal yes. Boiling Point: Is it ethical to have children in the face…
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Americans pay four times more than Chinese pay to buy electric vehicles, and two times more than Europeans do. But help is on the way and might arrive as soon as next year. When Will America Get Its $25,000 Electric Car? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-17/when-will-america-get-its-25-000-electric-car Related Reading
Spain’s national government passed a housing law in 2023 that includes a range of benefits for renters. Autonomous regional governments are not obligated to implement those measures, so Catalunya’s left-leaning government is the only one that has done so thus far. But American renters can dream. This Part of Spain Has Won Rent Regulations U.S….