Urban Conservation in New York City
by Molly Marquand
Originally published on Izilwane
Where every great city stands today, a natural ecosystem once thrived. London was built on a floodplain of the River Thames; New York was set up on great tracts of oak woodland; and Tokyo, the most populous...
Feb
20
With the effects from climate change, The Netherlands are facing a new challenge. The current predictions are that the sea level around The Netherlands could rise from between 65 cm (25 in) and 130 cm (51 in) by the end of the century.
The municipality, West Maas En Whaal, has become a testbed for...
Feb
14
Cloughjordan is a small village in the Irish countryside of County Tipperary, and home to Ireland’s first ecovillage, a community based on sustainable principles.
Situated on 27 hectares (41 acres) of land, plans are afoot to built 130 low-energy homes, which are being built to high...
Feb
09
Wild Urban Forest of Rheinelbe, Germany
In 1988, the government of Nordrhein Westfallen started the process of converting an old mining area into wild urban forest.
“The idea behind it was not to develop anything…and not to plan and manage anything…Just to let everything grow like it...
Feb
07
“It’s a completely crazy idea. But as soon as you think about it for a minute, it actually makes perfect sense…” So says Oliver Walker, founder of The City Bee project.
It is estimated that honey bees are the most valuable pollinators of crops worldwide. But in recent years...
Jan
12
A Learning Experience
What would you expect to learn from a field trip to one of our country’s top recycling centers?
Probably how efficiently everything is sorted and how everything is being recycled and saved from the landfill. What I learned from visiting the Santa Monica Recycling Center...
Nov
14
Industries fueled the Industrial Revolution. Image: ShutterStock
The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in Earth’s ecology and humans’ relationship with their environment. The Industrial Revolution dramatically changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. The impact on the...
Sep
18
Trees provide heat relief in crowded parking lots. Credit: Pics4Learning
Everyone knows that trees clean the air. But do you know how they do it? Dave Nowak, a researcher with the USDA Forest Service in the Northeast has studied the effect of trees on air quality extensively. Trees clean the air...
Sep
13
