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Do you have 'recycling bias'?

Decades of messaging urging us to recycle crowded out other options.
Urban wood: How companies are recycling city trees into valuable lumbe

Urban wood: How companies are recycling city trees into valuable lumbe

If a tree has to be cut down, it often becomes waste. Some people are now using that urban wood as a resource, turning those trees into furniture, bridges, and even guitars.
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6 environmental wins that gave us hope in 2022

From a thriving new marine park to rules curbing plastic pollution, the past year gave us several reasons to be optimistic for the planet's future.

22 solutions-focused stories on the food system in 2022

22 solutions-focused stories on the food system in 2022

Not all the news is bad. We rounded up some of our favorite recent stories about people working together with compassion, ingenuity, and solidarity across the food system.
Jonathan Kramer: On the Hudson River, a new model of environmental stewardship

Jonathan Kramer: On the Hudson River, a new model of environmental stewardship

The languishing waterway offers an indispensable lesson for scientists: Environmental problems are human problems.

In this European microstate, adventurers are contributing to science

In this European microstate, adventurers are contributing to science

In tiny Andorra, you can explore jagged peaks, forested valleys, and glacial lakes—and help researchers study climate change.
In Ivory Coast, this rainforest is both refuge and junkyard

In Ivory Coast, this rainforest is both refuge and junkyard

An endangered gem of lush greenery in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s economic hub, is at the center of government efforts to promote ecotourism. Those who live and work there worry about what it means for them.
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