RECONOMICS Institute’s new online global certification in crisis recovery, economic revitalization and community resilience The Dutch have long been proud of their dike system. Now they’re correcting their many engineering mistakes to restore nature. Redeveloped site of former auto dealership helps revitalize downtown Hamilton, Ohio by being repurposed as an indoor farm 10 projects to boost corridor density and revitalize neighborhood commercial areas win $5.89 million in Buffalo, New York Here are five new regenerative technologies that can help restore our planet’s rapidly-disappearing biodiversity Washington State unveils “Plan for Climate Resilience” featuring ecological restoration to help salmon and orcas recover $26.6 million will boost resilience for 2.3 million Zimbabwe farmers—mostly women—via revitalization of 21 irrigation systems Restoring Our Hidden Rivers: Revisiting urban waterways with new eyes to create equitable neighborhood revitalization Tiger salamander populations are recovering in Maryland, thanks to habitat restoration by their Department of Natural Resources This new partnership will provide a platform and tools to help cities, counties and states revitalize via Opportunity Zone strategies To boost the poor survival rate of mass reforestation efforts, we need to shift the goal from planting trees to growing them California coasts are being destroyed by the loss of bull kelp. The restorative solution? Eating more purple urchin sushi. Hemorrhaging population and jobs, Illinois’ $45 billion “Rebuild Illinois” program funds revitalization and infrastructure renewal 152 Wisconsin communities share $75 million to get reconnected and revitalized via transportation renewal projects Absent sufficient White House help, post-hurricane Florida gets rescue from United Arab Emirates: $3.5 million to restore reefs 21 large-scale renewable energy projects on New York brownfields and landfills to spur $2.5 billion in revitalization, plus 2000 jobs Australia puts $5.3 million into restoring waterways & wetlands to revive threatened species along coast of New South Wales Civil engineers drained this huge urban lake, creating a dusty public health hazard. Restoration ecologists to the rescue. New York State’s $3 billion “Restore Mother Nature” climate initiative progresses with stakeholder engagement roundtables The regeneration of Christchurch, New Zealand accelerates with the approval of three projects totaling $300 million Global economic revitalization—at the local, regional and national levels—will only happen with the full participation of women Five non-profit organizations receive $1.8 million from the EPA to help restore the Great lakes via market-based strategies This creative strategy will help fund DC-area transit for 99 years and boost ridership while revitalizing two neighborhoods This non-profit is revitalizing Pittsburgh’s industrial heritage while restoring—and reconnecting to—the city’s riverfronts Twelve Canadian projects with a restorative or revitalizing impact on the surrounding built environment win national awards Jersey City celebrates progress on new light rail line that will revitalize both a neglected neighborhood and a crucial waterfront $1 of resilience prevents $6 of destruction: New study on Canada’s future reveals cost of climate adaptation at the community level The Beatles are about to revitalize Liverpool, England again, with this new arts-based “Spatial Regeneration Framework” A decade after the disastrous BP oil spill, nine strategies emerge for advancing critical ecosystem restoration in the Delta 23 collaborative, asset-based community revitalization projects win $2 million in Urban Agenda Grants in Massachusetts New biomimicry-based technique is developed to boost coastal resilience and biodiversity via dune restoration in Puerto Rico 25 community redevelopment projects will soon receive £1 million each to support inclusive rural revitalization in Scotland A dead downtown mall is now a revitalizing jungle lagoon, having been repurposed, renewed and reconnected to the city Why restore mangroves? Because even those few that remain are annually preventing $65 billion of storm damage to 15 million people 21 projects in 7 Canadian provinces receive $13 million to restore ecosystems and boost coastal resilience for cities and tribes How to turn a polluted, frequently-flooded 5.3-acre inner city barren zone into a healthful, gorgeous university campus
