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Whenever Felix Koch heads to Berlin to see family and friends, or for work, there’s one place he’s sure to visit — Tempelhofer Feld, a 953-acre decommissioned airfield just 15 minutes from the city ...

Straddling the border between India and Bangladesh, where the rivers Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra converge and flow into the Bay of Bengal, an ancient forest of mangroves stretches over 3,860 square ...

Fifty years ago this month, Minneapolis passed an anti-discrimination law so forward-thinking that much of the U.S. is still catching up.

Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...

Decommissioned airfields around the world are being converted into urban havens for citizens to enjoy.

Middle Fork Bottoms State Park demonstrates the benefits that flow when ecology is left to do what it does naturally.

Greater Besançon has cut organic waste by more than 40 percent thanks to diverse policies — and a good dash of persistence.

Our Electrifying World is a series about how electrification is creating a more sustainable energy transition. It is sponsored by Rewiring America. Beneath red temples of Navajo sandstone, the Virgin ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. Standing amid rows of ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. Somporn Kaikaew is the ...