Plantation owners helping to restore 37.5 million acres of Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest
When one hears bad environmental news from Brazil, it usually involved either dams or large landowners, such as cattle ranchers or plantation owners. The…
Issue #69: February 15, 2018
Turning an old store into affordable housing to help revitalize Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion
For over a century, Benjamin Siegel’s B.Siegel was one of Detroit, Michigan’s finest women’s apparel stores. The first location opened on February 21, 1884,…
Removal of invasive rabbits restores future for penguins and people on Chilean islands
In just under two years of intensive ecological restoration, conservationists redirected two extinction-bound Chilean seabirds toward recovery. Chile’s National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) and Island…
Enhancing public access to boost the revitalizing effects of urban agriculture
As we repurpose vacant lots (whether legally through land leasing or through the anarchistic greening of sprawling dead spaces) we should think of what…
English brownfields can provide one million new homes to prevent countryside sprawl
An analysis of Brownfield Land Registers, published on February 12, 2018 confirmed that there is enough space on English brownfield land to build at…