Written by: Dominic McAfee and Craig Copeland
Around Australia, hundreds of people are coming together to help a once-prized, but decimated and largely forgotten marine ecosystem. They’re busy restoring Australia’s native oyster and mussel reefs.
Alongside the high-profile national Reef Builder campaign,...
Written by: Charles Masquelier, Carolyn Petersen, and Matt Lobley
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As social scientists, we’ve been...
Written by: Rachel Buxton, Emma J. Hudgins, and Stephanie Prince Ware
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Written by: Mauricio Rodas
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Written by: Emily Kelly and Paula Cristina Sierra-Correa
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Written by: YCC Team, Yale Climate Connections
Many landowners in rural parts of the southeastern U.S. have farmed on their land for decades.
But as they get older and worry about their family’s future, some feel a financial need to sell...
Written by: Gaye Taylor
Coming soon to a community near you: the opportunity to test drive an electric vehicle, courtesy of a Canada-wide tour aiming to prove that “EVs are for everyone”.
Toronto-based Plug’n Drive is going national with its EV...
Written by: Megan Valère Sossou
In the locality of Ouèssè, an isolated commune in Benin, a man in his twenties is harnessing renewable energy to create jobs and solve a big problem.
Dieudonné Mahuwêna Setonde was working as an electrical installation...
Written by: Jay L. Zagorsky
With the Olympic torch extinguished in Paris, all eyes are turning to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics.
The host city has promised that the next Summer Games will be “car-free.”
For people who know Los Angeles, this seems...
Written by: Saidia Ali, Policy Options
In a time of rapid urbanization, cities and nature are often seen as incompatible: either biodiversity suffers as cities grow or cities are contained to protect nature.
There is no question that human activities impact...
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