Feature Article Landmark bill in U.S. Congress would restore coastal ecosystems and restore our climate, plus phase-out offshore oil and gas drilling Current News GUEST ARTICLE: Nature restoration, climate action & community regeneration coming via unique community buyout of crucial habitatAfter catastrophic bushfires, $300 million “Regenerate Australia” is the largest nature restoration program in the nation’s historyLocal independent grocers double down to feed their communities, boosting health and resilience in the COVID-19 economic crisisThe revitalization of Toronto’s West End gets a colorful boost with a healing mural by an acclaimed local artist from Panama8 years after Hurricane Sandy, a $351 million project to boost resilience along New York City’s Atlantic shorefront gets underwayReuse of Navy base advances as affordable housing opens in this $1 billion mixed-use, transit-oriented waterfront redevelopmentBaltimore inventories all local brownfields, vacant properties and wasted surfaces for their potential as solar energy sitesMajor farm-based environmental restoration initiative in Pennsylvania to help restore Chesapeake Bay with hyper-local strategyHow rewilding and nature restoration can help prevent mass wildlife extinctions resulting from rapidly-shifting climate zonesDerelict stretch of downtown Batavia, New York’s Main Street to be revitalized with new affordable housing for homeless veteransRestoration of historic wooden storehouse accelerates the revitalization of Buffalo, New York’s former industrial waterfrontEthiopia’s forest restoration economy is booming, providing community revitalization and new hope for farmers and entrepreneursHow a historic 1918 repair facility for locomotives became a beautiful new sculpture museum in Queens, New York CityMassive £250 million revitalization project receives another £10 million to reconnect this city to its suburbs and add 1000 homesWetland restoration project in Wisconsin is launched to reduce floods, improve water quality and add habitat for native speciesVirginia introduces new “Coastal Resilience Master Planning Framework” to advance climate adaptation in coastal communitiesCompany agrees to fund $35 million cleanup of historic Bethlehem Steel factory site, setting stage for community revitalization$220 million in new federal grants will help renovate ports and revitalize communities in these 15 U.S. states and territoriesHere are four fundamental components to consider when designing and planning a resilient COVID-19 economic recovery for allCOVID-19 response temporarily pedestrianized this downtown corridor, but city is making it permanent, due to improved quality of lifeThis $4 million investment will help revitalize farming communities in Indiana via increased rural broadband connectivityRenovation & expansion of ugly 1962 college library reconnects campus and is the largest in U.S. to be carbon neutral/net zeroBankrupt 7 years ago, confidence in Detroit’s future soars with over-subscribed $80 million offering for revitalization projectsGoogle updates its design for this massive 80-acre redevelopment and revitalization project in downtown San José, CaliforniaThree new buildings, plus new public space, will transform former parking lots to help revitalize this historic city centerThis green commercial redevelopment will help accelerate a neighborhood’s revitalization by reconnecting it to the cityBeloved in America’s barbecues, mesquite is a nightmare invasive species in Kenya. Now, they’re using it to revive rural economies.Why should ecosystem restoration be the most important agenda item for every country on Earth? Here are four reasons.Economic Diversification: 51 projects get $43.3 million to revitalize Appalachian communities hurt by rapid decline of coalConstruction begins on a $2.5 million mixed-use redevelopment project designed to help revitalize downtown Batavia, New York