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An Irish abbey where the grass is always warmer

In an effort to live sustainably, the sisters at St. Mary's Abbey not only use solar panels to warm their buildings but also a little-known but mighty form of elephant grass called miscanthus.

Ranchers emboldened by Bolsonaro are destroying a pioneering project to save the Amazon
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Ranchers emboldened by Bolsonaro are destroying a pioneering project to save the Amazon

The American Catholic nun Dorothy Stang died defending a sustainable development model for the Amazon. Can her legacy survive in Bolsonaro’s Brazil?
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