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Opinion | Defending Nature Is a Form of Social Justice

If citizens in construction-besotted Nashville can find the political will to preserve their trees, any city can.

In Venezuela we have a national tree day. We should consider doing that globally but most importantly, locally in our cities.

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Lack of public restrooms a notorious problem albeit not just a north american one. In Caracas, there was also a shortage of these.

This of course needs to be solved, but the cost of construction is only the beginning. Long term maintenance and supplies of utilities, soap, toilet paper by staff also are a factor in the budget.

To maintain that political will to fund such a service seems the biggest challenge in a polarized society.

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Spot the two scary things in this story.

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Why New York City Keeps Flooding

When the city’s drainage network is overwhelmed, “it backs up,” experts said.

These tropical rainfalls are becoming the norm and the city is just not built for it. A lot of investment needs to happen to catch up.

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Burberry Street or Bond Street? Fashion Week Stunt Sows Confusion

Tourists and Londoners alike were perplexed when the Bond Street tube station was temporarily renamed “Burberry Street” as part of a sponsorship deal with Transport for London.

Wrong in so many levels, the co-opting of our cities from branding advances. First it was stadium names, then street names, now subway stops.

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Tiny Forests With Big Benefits

Native plants crowded onto postage-stamp-size plots have been delivering environmental benefits around the world — and, increasingly, in the

This idea should be promoted, a good way to rebuild nature back where it once probably stood.

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Noise Could Take Years Off Your Life. Here’s How.

We used a professional sound meter to measure the din of daily life and talked to scientists about the health risks it can pose.

Is New York the city that never lets you sleep?

I think we need to start a global ranking of cities by their quality of silence. You heard it here first, but it was a only a 20db whisper.

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