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The Sanjaynagar Redevelopment Project engaged residents in solving their own housing crisis.
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5 ways to add more time in nature to your routine — even during work hours

Getting outside despite your 9‑to‑5 job can improve your mental health. Here are some expert-backed tips to spend more time in nature.
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Every $1 a city spends on parks returns $3 — and scientists want more trees

Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems - planting more trees.
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7 ways to help people displaced by Ontario wildfires

The wildfires in Northern Ontario have burned over 6.8 million acres of land and displaced thousands of people. Here’s how to help.
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This year, the EU will prohibit the sale of products linked to deforestation. These coffee farmers aren't worried

At the end of this year, the European Union Deforestation Regulation is set to go into force, prohibiting products linked to deforestation from entering the EU market. Coffee is among the target commodities.
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1.7M Americans have a chance to catch invasive fish and win cash in this 'minnow madness derby'

On top of the many stressors affecting the river’s ecosystem, this invasive species can harm native fish populations. So, officials are doing something about it.
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One of the world's oldest 'art galleries' lives on the rock faces of this Australian cultural site. These people have sworn to protect it

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Indian families living in slums given a chance to transform one-room shacks into their dream homes

The Sanjaynagar Redevelopment Project engaged residents in solving their own housing crisis.
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The world has been mispronouncing this island nation for nearly 60 years. This is how you actually say it

To honor the country’s native language, the country has changed its name from Nauru to the Republic of Naoero.
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Leonardo DiCaprio launches effort to bring 100 of the world's most endangered species back from the brink

DiCaprio’s Re:Wild is joining with the Bezos Earth Fund to recover critically endangered species across the globe.
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Today’s children could be the first generation since the 1970s to do better than their parents, new studies suggest

Demographers say today’s small children have a brighter future economically than any generation since the surge of Baby Boomers aged into adulthood in the early 1970s.
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Rescuers give abandoned baby elephant a fighting chance

The elephant was estimated to be only two weeks old.
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Virginia Gov. Spanberger restores voting rights to 66,000 people with past felony convictions

The announcement comes ahead of the November referendum that would make rights restoration automatic after release from incarceration.
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