GUEST ARTICLE — Power and Scarcity: An American Rancher’s Journey Into The Future of Regenerative Agriculture In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a sea of asphalt will become a biodiversity corridor to restore both human and wildlife health This tree-rich, LEED-certified redevelopment project hopes to revitalize an entire region near Monterrey, Nuevo León, México New Hampshire renews its program to improve resilience to climate crisis hazards in coastal communities Three historic downtown buildings are restored, repurposed and connected to become one unique boutique downtown hotel Why do so many revitalization plans fail? One reason: planners know depressingly little about a city’s impacts on our mental health A “crazy idea” to restore degraded land—and our global climate—by “selling the air” pays off big for farmers and nature alike Golden opportunity to leverage the pandemic economic recovery into a revitalized future for nature and at-risk people Ireland fine-tunes its €30 million rural town and village revitalization program to focus on economic recovery from COVID-19 $22.78 billion has been invested in restoring the Great Lakes in the past 35 years, yielding a 3:1 ROI in regional community revitalization Locally extinct for 400 years due to hunting & wetland destruction, Britain’s tallest bird, the crane, makes a spectacular comeback With new grant, removal of another useless dam in Massachusetts moves forward to restore river herring & Eastern brook trout San Jose’s long-awaited park renovation, expected to help economically revitalize the downtown, takes a major step forward Five Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf beaches win the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association’s “Best Restored Beach” award Almost razed by urban planners, Chicago’s historic 1914 hospital gets a beautiful $140 million transit-oriented, mixed-use rebirth Northern Arizona University reveals insights into the long-term efficacy of managed wildfires in ecological restoration efforts 54 African leaders endorse a continental adaptation plan to build climate resilience into their COVID-19 recovery process Charleston’s agonizing choice faces every sea-level coastal city worldwide: hide behind a huge wall or relocate to high ground Tiny Hardwick, Vermont wins $3 million to revitalize rural economy. Will restore and reuse historic barn as business accelerator 12 Tennessee communities win $10 million for infrastructure renewal to create more-walkable, revitalized historic downtowns Rebuilding the natural world: The shift to adaptive management accelerates in the practice of ecological restoration Pier 4 redevelopment is raising the mixed-use architectural standards for the revitalized waterfront of Boston, Massachusetts 200 U.S. environmental groups request $25 billion from Congress to kick-start economy and create jobs by restoring public lands In Nevada, revitalization and restoration of the Anaconda Copper Mine site is reducing toxicity of drinking water for tribes Pittsburgh’s rivers are about to get a lot cleaner, thanks to $2 billion infrastructure renewal that will undo engineering mistakes California Coastal Conservancy allocates $8.2 million to restore mountain lions, coastal habitats and San Francisco Bay Global shift to regenerative agriculture accelerates with release of award-winning documentary, “Carbon Cowboys” 16 communities win EPA help in revitalizing via “Local Foods Local Places” program, which supports farmers & food producers Dominica advances towards its goal of becoming the world’s first climate-resilient nation with the publication of 10-year plan Florida State University reef restoration researchers reveal new hope for the recovery of endangered staghorn coral
