GUEST ARTICLE: “Green Deals” will help us recover better from the pandemic economic impact, but landscape restoration is key Organic Valley, America’s largest farmer-owned organic cooperative, implements two riparian restoration projects in California $25 million renovation of transportation infrastructure to create pedestrian-friendly revitalization of downtown Wheeling, WV Vast inventory of job-producing, shovel-ready nature restoration projects can spark post-COVID national economic recovery Rhode Island helps pioneer restorative, nature-based “living shoreline” strategies for coastal resilience in New England Unemployed energy workers in North Dakota find new work capping and environmentally restoring abandoned oil and gas wells New designation of New York state’s St. Regis River as an inland waterway opens the door to community revitalization funding Maintaining and restoring at least 50% of the Earth’s land area as intact ecosystems is key to avoiding even worse catastrophes $10 million initiative to restore Black Wall Street of Tulsa, Oklahoma could spread to revitalize Detroit’s historic Black Bottom In Arkansas, 38 historic restoration projects receive almost $2.5 million to help revitalize courthouses and communities How we can rebuild post-pandemic economies by renovating and redesigning cleaner, more-efficient energy infrastructure This 73-acre urban regeneration project is creating a green, pedestrian-friendly, multi-cultural neighborhood in this capital city In Boston, Massachusetts, a historic former YWCA building has been transformed into a luxurious downtown hotel An oil company’s abandoned high-rise office building has been revitalized and redeveloped into a green urban residential park 56,000-acre project will restore ecological resilience to Washington state’s Little Naches watershed, benefiting the Yakama Nation In Norfolk, Virginia, 5 small businesses will receive up to $250,000 each to develop resilience solutions for coastal communities Yukon University’s mined land revegetation program asks indigenous residents what species of plants they want to have restored Manitoba hopes to restart their economy with nearly $600 million for infrastructure renovation and watershed restoration 20 infrastructure renovation projects in 20 states to receive $906 million in grants from “Infrastructure for Rebuilding America” 24 projects win €13 million for community revitalization from Ireland’s €1 billion Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Efficient Resilience: Restorative, nature-based strategies can protect people and property better than expensive dams and levees More shiraz, please: Australia offers new insights on how to boost climate resilience of rural wine-producing economies United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification—in partnership with South Korea—will restore peatlands in Belarus Resilient Irony: Louisiana gets $135 million to elevate frequently-flooded highway serving the industry that’s causing sea level rise Restoring our global oceans is still possible, and mangrove forest restoration is one of the primary strategies for success Ireland announces the third round of revitalizing grants from its €1 billion Rural Regeneration and Development Fund “Supernova” masterplan wins competition to redevelop 27.5-acre former industrial site into green, transit-oriented neighborhood Unilever vaults past rivals Kraft Heinz and Proctor & Gamble with new climate strategy that restores nature and regenerates farms Beating Swords Into Nature: Former weapons factory near a major city’s airport is the unlikely setting for a new rewilding project The adaptive reuse of an empty downtown building into an artisan’s market adds to the revitalization of this “magical town”
