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As Somporn explains, the fish’s feces help to make the water balanced and are consumed by the shrimp. The processing, he says, isn’t complicated; he’s able to sell the shrimp in just two months and ...

As they cheerily tear up sealed surfaces and plant flowers, Dutch citizens are proving that climate mitigation can be beautiful. Instead of sending last season’s unsold clothes to landfills, Thread ...

A major reckoning is underway in California. In the early 1900s, fire suppression became the official policy in the United States, calling for the immediate extinction of all land fires. Any ...

The role of farms in recharging aquifers during particularly wet years began with a bold experiment set in motion by one Central Valley farmer a decade ago. Don Cameron noticed that the groundwater ...

Happy New Year! And welcome to our annual look back at the brightest, boldest ways the world improved, evolved or otherwise changed for the better. This epic list is a cornucopia of hopeful facts ...

Now that its traffic-banishing shuttle system has gone electric, Zion Canyon is quieter, cleaner and a more welcoming home for wildlife ...

That clearcut produced 40,000 board feet per acre, which is 30 to 50 percent higher than what a typically managed forest would yield. “Not only is this higher ecological functioning,” says Dunn. “But ...

The concept of Camino Verde is to cultivate native species in a “living seed bank” that safeguards their future as well as actively promoting their sustainable use throughout the region and other ...

With its packets of tagliatelle pasta, tins of tomato sauce and large bottles of extra virgin olive oil, the Gallaratese Hub just off Via Appennini in Milan’s northwest seems like any other ...

Reasons to be Cheerful is a nonprofit online magazine that is tonic for tumultuous times. We tell stories that reveal that there are, in fact, a surprising number of reasons to feel cheerful. Many of ...

No matter who wins, you’ll keep offering your time, talents and skills to others. I will continue to help people regulate their nervous system through breathwork — building resilience to handle the ...