GUEST ARTICLE — How to be a Soil Keeper: Restoring the Regenerative Capacity that’s Essential to All Living Systems This New Jersey city is advancing equitable revitalization by redeveloping disinvested neighborhood with affordable housing Resilient Prosperity for Mexico’s cities: Charting the path to a compact, connected, clean, inclusive economic & urban recovery Robot Remediation: Underwater “Roombas” to find hundreds of thousands of chemical & nuclear “bombs” that are about to explode Restoration Economy: New study shows that rewilding a landscape can boost jobs by 47% and greatly increase volunteer activity GIANT Company partners with Pennsylvania’s Rodale Institute to advance regenerative organic agriculture practices nationwide Philadelphia celebrates receiving $4.5 million to renovate their 348-acre, historic FDR Park, designed in 1914 by the Olmsted brothers Surfers request $3 billion from U.S. Congress for coastal restoration plus $100 billion to renovate failing wastewater infrastructure Drink this Chesapeake Bay restoration beer, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership will help 10 baby oysters find a good home An Alaskan island’s wildlife, devastated for centuries by human-introduced invasive rats, rebounds dramatically after their removal New “report card” says U.S. isn’t spending what’s needed to renovate infrastructure, which is crucial to revitalizing economy How farmers restored their watershed and groundwater supplies by rejuvenating a traditional water management system Biden administration sends $1 billion to state wildlife agencies through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Biden administration allocates $260 million to create jobs, restore damaged tribal land and revitalize coal mining communities A new Hard Rock hotel will adaptively reuse the historic, abandoned Gibson Mandolin-Guitar factory site in Kalamazoo, Michigan The Democrats’ successful $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan includes $25 billion for the Restaurants Revitalization Fund Demolition has begun on a $400 million mixed-use redevelopment project that local leaders hope will revitalize their city center After public feedback, this New Jersey city approved the transit-oriented revitalization of 30 acres in a historically industrial area Eight urban regeneration projects win €430 million to help revitalize the greater metropolitan area of Dublin, Ireland Dominica’s bid to be world’s first climate-resilient nation—and an energy exporter—will advance with new geothermal plant Restoration Economy: Reforesting the United States has created a vast, fast-growing number of jobs and business opportunities In California, universities partner with the USGS, creating a new initiative to boost coastal resilience and adaptation science A unique “Memorandum of Common Purpose” links a wetland restoration non-profit with a regional community resilience initiative Newark, New Jersey creates a land bank to revitalize neighborhoods by renewing empty lots, abandoned buildings and blighted areas In Oregon, two new coastal restoration projects could rebuild salmon harvests, equitably revitalizing tribes & communities Cleanup and ecological restoration of this horrendous toxic dump in Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park is now complete New $3.5 billion program will help Caribbean countries sustainably recover and bring about resilient prosperity in the region From Cars To People: In San Francisco, 28 acres of ugly waterfront parking lots are being redeveloped & revitalized as mixed use Cooperative agreement with state enables counties to take possession of long-vacant brownfields and revitalize their communities Restoring Panama City mangroves—recently destroyed by city planners—will help ensure a safer, healthier, wealthier future for all
