Beach restoration saves Cape May economy and the horseshoe crab breeding season
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy’s powerful westerly winds caused a storm surge so strong it stripped the sand right off most of the beaches on…
Issue #68: February 1, 2018
40 years of ecological restoration by Nepal’s communities revitalized forest landscapes
Nepal began a community-based forest landscape restoration (CBFLR) experiment in the 1970s and is now seeing benefits ranging from forest recovery to half a…
Ottawa’s “mother of all renovation projects” is being digitized to preserve every detail
The first time Stephen Fai laid eyes on Parliament Hill, he was heading to architectural school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Having grown up on…
Restoring green infrastructure for coastal city resilience via the Living Shorelines Act
On December 1, 2017, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, introduced H.R.4525, the Living Shorelines Act of 2017 to the House…
The University of Chicago is working to define ethical urban redevelopment
Place Lab, a joint enterprise between the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative and the Harris School of Public Policy, is working…
