Volunteer: Mangrove restoration and community revitalization in Madagascar
Honko’s Volunteer Program based in rural Ambondrolava, in SouthWest Madagascar, has immediate openings for volunteers to stay for up to 3 months working on…
Issue #22: March 1, 2016
Ugly parking lot turned into (very) green affordable apartments in Philadelphia
Mark MaGrann considers the U.S. Green Building Council‘s Project of the Year award “equivalent to receiving the Academy Award for the best picture.” When…
Replumbing America: Flint tragedy draws attention to nationwide lead poisoning
Near the end of a press conference on the Flint, Michigan water crisis last week, one reporter repeatedly asked Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder why…
San Francisco artist’s historic 1886 Victorian home gets a loving restoration
It’s like restoring a pair of carefully distressed Levi’s,” said someone who’d been given a preview tour of David Ireland’s 500 Capp Street Project,…
Richmond, CA community foundation uses social impact bonds to revitalize blight
The stone-facade house on 17th Street looked as if it needed some love with its brown grass and boarded-up windows. With the help of…