Feature Article Getting Serious About The Global Restoration Economy: Practical remedies for today’s massive, chronic land degradation crisis Current News GUEST ARTICLE: Climate resilience & adaptation efforts require holistic action from all to create equitable, sustainable societies“What we restore, restores us. The places we revitalize, revitalize us.” Now, you can wear this inspiring, regenerative message!New national program helps communities purchase vacant & derelict buildings to be repurposed and renewed for revitalization265 U.S. communities will advance economic revitalization and environmental justice thanks to this $254.5 million investmentU.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation reveals $122.5 million in new Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization GrantsThis innovative company is restoring our oceans while using oceans to produce reliable, 24/7, zero-carbon renewable energySan Diego integrates climate solutions with downtown revitalization in this two-block affordable housing redevelopmentDead church becomes $84 million affordable housing for seniors while a dead hospital becomes $100 million supportive housingUnwasting Space: Rooftop trail offers residents fresh view of city, opening minds to repurposing and revitalizing barren assetsThis state’s $80 million Main Street Economic Revitalization Program just announced 14 nonprofit community organization winnersSlum No More: Public-private partnering and good design create hundreds of ultra-low-income homes to revitalize neighborhoodEnvironmental Justice: ugly, toxic landfill in low-income Los Angeles neighborhood to become beautiful new 1200-acre parkThis High Line-style project will repurpose a disused elevated rail into a revitalizing public park with healthy urban green spaceThe largest multi-country rewilding effort in South America starts with this locally-extinct, “gardener of the forest” tortoiseThis city in Florida is redeveloping a surface parking lot near downtown into spectacular mixed-use residential towers for rentersGuess which state just made $22 million available for the revitalization of brownfields, waterfronts and communities?This multi-year NOAA partnership helped restore one of the Great Lakes region’s most degraded areas, with a 6:1 economic ROI!In Boston, the mayor reveals her $2 billion “Green New Deal” plan to renovate the entire school system and make it more resilientIn yet another in a long series of efforts to revitalize Atlantic City, their Boardwalk Revitalization Project wins $6 millionThis $100 million will support the reuse of old buildings and the revitalization of struggling urban neighborhoods in OhioWith oceans becoming warmer and more acidic, regenerative California shellfish farmers learn to adapt to climate changeThis new book, Thriving, documents the six global transitions that will help us regenerate nature, society and the economyHere’s how you can enhance the revitalizing and restorative effects of the $11.3 billion U.S. Abandoned Mine Land Grant ProgramOver 900,000 native trees are being planted in Mexico to restore North America’s monarch butterfly population, and you can helpResearch to boost climate resilience, nature restoration and economic vitality wins $20 million for the University of HawaiʻiIn Virginia, the Army’s large-scale oyster restoration project to revitalize fisheries overcomes controversy, wins public support6000 acres of tree farm will be ecologically restored and added to this national park, boosting biodiversity, economy and jobsIn Ontario, a 177-acre site of coal power plant is redeveloped for mixed-use with native plants and a sustainable community centerIn Maryland, an environmental restoration non-profit partners with a 3300-acre port redevelopment project to revitalize areaOn a waterfront in Ithaca, New York, a former industrial property is transformed into affordable housing and an arts center