At transformative annual harvest camps, students develop a personal relationship with the environment — and a desire to protect it.

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

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Amid the ongoing housing crisis, once-dilapidated buildings are finding new life as homes for immigrants and other working-class New Mexicans.

The Maanasi model integrates psychiatric care with primary care. Courtesy of Maanasi Mental health care remains scarce in India, especially in rural regions, and the needs are enormous. Over 197 ...

Somporn Kaikaew is the owner of Prapapan Farm in Nakhon Pathom, a city 40 miles west of Bangkok. He farms tilapia fish and white shrimp across 160,000 square meters of land. We hitch a ride on the ...

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Living Paradigms is a series about what we can learn from the customs and cultural practices of others when it comes to solving problems. It is sponsored by Wonderstruck. Maidu fire practitioner Danny ...

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 ...

The popularity of WhatsApp in rural India has made Tangde and Kamble’s work faster and safer. Credit: Parth MN Tangde and Kamble are child rights activists in the district of Beed in India’s western ...

Chinampas — an ingenious adaptation to the Valley of Mexico's lake-filled landscape — could hold lessons for cities around the world.