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In Michigan, making the outdoors more accessible to people of color

In Michigan, making the outdoors more accessible to people of color

Black and brown people from urban areas face many barriers to outdoor recreation. Here's how one group overcame them on Lake Superior.

Better nature, better relationship, better planet — A conversation with a Pittsburgh urban ecologist
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Better nature, better relationship, better planet — A conversation with a Pittsburgh urban ecologist

Marijke Hecht, Pittsburgher and urban ecologist, breaks down the relationship between you, the outdoors, your community's design and the ramifications on the environment when people don't get along.

Study: Systemic racism hurts plant and animal diversity too

Study: Systemic racism hurts plant and animal diversity too

Biodiversity is closely tied to racial equality, say scientists.
How urban foraging became the new way to explore a city
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How urban foraging became the new way to explore a city

Can’t travel far? Then travel deep to find nourishment in your everyday surroundings.
Norwegians are building boutique hotels for threatened Arctic birds

Norwegians are building boutique hotels for threatened Arctic birds

A changing ecosystem is driving nesting kittiwakes out of their habitat and into coastal Norwegian towns. Can “Kittiwake hotels” help these gulls and humans co-exist?
These cities will feel climate change's effects the most
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These cities will feel climate change's effects the most

The whole planet will feel climate change's impacts over coming decades. But some cities will see more dramatic changes in temperature or precipitation than others.
‘Cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet’

‘Cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet’

So says former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, now an activist on climate change and environmental sustainability.

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