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US and China make big climate pledges at UN General Assembly

Two of the world's largest economies — and by far the largest carbon contributors — have committed to stop financing the climate crisis. On Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, the U.S. and China pledged to cut off financing for activities that fuel the climate crisis. These commitments are good...
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HOW TO: Grow an Avocado Tree from an Avocado Pit

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McDonald’s Happy Meal toys to get more sustainable by 2025

For many of us, what we thought were adorable little toys as youngsters we now view as today’s non-recyclable waste problem. But kids nowadays are savvier. Two young sisters started a campaign asking McDonald’s to include sustainable toys in Happy Meals. On Monday, the giant burger corporation announced...
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Schools

Massive greenhouse wins award for sustainable design

The Global Flora Conservatory at Wellesley College already holds several design awards, including the 2021 Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner for Architecture + New Technology. After several years of planning and construction, it is nearly complete. Designed by Boston-based Kennedy & Violich Architecture,...
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Architecture

The Incredible Story Of How The Burj Khalifa's Poop is Trucked Out of Town

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Homes

This apple factory turned artist ranch is a budding community

This is the story of how a decommissioned apple processing facility became a modern rural retreat. Created by Best Practice Architecture, Cloud Ranch is an amazing combination of the old and the new. Cloud Ranch is in Tieton, Washington, a spot surrounded by expansive views. Before its construction,...
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Public Spaces

Morgenfarm proposes vertical farms to replace Berlin’s Autobahn

Costing 200,000 euros per meter to construct, the 3.2-kilometer (1.9-mile) extension of Berlin’s motorway ring road was always controversial. If completed, it would bring 130,000 cars per day to south and east Berlin by 2022. As the political will to act on the climate crisis builds, the extension is starting...
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Climate Change

Officials worry COP26 climate conference is at "high risk of failure"

The highly anticipated U.N. climate conference COP26 is at "high risk of failure," according to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Planned to take place this November in Glasgow, COP26 intends to bring together global leaders to address the climate crisis. However, mistrust and lack of commitment may hinder...
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Politics

Extreme heat pushes Biden administration to pursue worker protections

President Biden has directed labor officials to draft laws that will protect workers under extreme heat conditions. The directive comes months after a hot summer, in which several workers were reported dead due to extreme heat. The severity of heatwaves has been on the rise, thanks to climate change. The...

President Biden has directed labor officials to draft laws that will protect workers under extreme heat conditions. The directive comes months...
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Clean Energy

MIT innovation may make fusion energy a reality soon

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Climate Change

Climate clock ticks out shame for rich nations

Activists in New York are trying to shame rich countries into keeping an expensive promise to the Global South. A new version of a digital "climate clock" displayed in Union Square shows a climate-action timeline along with an amount rich countries still owe. These richer countries promised to...

Activists in New York are trying to shame rich countries into keeping an expensive promise to the Global South. A new version of a...
A landscape of solar panels in front of a campus. A landscape of solar panels in front of a campus.
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Schools

Off-grid design helps rebuild school structures lost in fire

Frederick Fisher & Partners recently completed a project at the Ojai Valley School’s Upper Campus in Ojai, California, replacing structures previously lost to the Thomas Fire in 2017. Situated on a 195-acre site in Ventura County, the new and permanent buildings span 37,000 square feet...

Frederick Fisher & Partners recently completed a project at the Ojai Valley School’s Upper Campus in Ojai, California, replacing structures...
A green walkway leading up to a tiny home. A green walkway leading up to a tiny home.
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Tiny Homes

These shipping container tiny homes provide for the unhoused

The pandemic showed us all how close anyone can come to having nothing. Many people are much closer to losing everything than they even want to know. Monarch Village, created by Studio 804, offers a shelter solution to meet the needs of unhoused people and families. Everyone deserves a clean, safe...

The pandemic showed us all how close anyone can come to having nothing. Many people are much closer to losing everything than they even want...
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Electric Vehicles

The City One is a compact, community-focused electric car

If less is more, then The City One is more car than you’ve ever seen before! This car is small, efficient, eye-catching, tough, and yeah — it’s electric. The entire design of this vehicle is sleek inside and out. There is no waste, no excess, just clean design. The style is rather minimalist,...

If less is more, then The City One is more car than you’ve ever seen before! This car is small, efficient, eye-catching, tough, and yeah —...
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Design

Air Company wins first place in NASA's CO2 Conversion Challenge

A technology, engineering and design-based company in New York has secured first place in NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge with a project that converts CO2 into sugars to create new resources on Mars. The competition was meant to demonstrate the most efficient means of CO2 conversion that would...

A technology, engineering and design-based company in New York has secured first place in NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge with a...