Thanks to a clever method known as sandbar cropping, squashes and other crops thrive on land that’s otherwise considered useless.

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Thanks to a clever method known as sandbar cropping, squashes and other crops thrive on land that’s otherwise considered useless.

This story was produced by The 74, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on education in America. The stories kept coming. Siblings with terminal illnesses. Close family members dying ...

When given the option, more and more farmers and their kids want to quit factory farming. The Transfarmation Project helps them do just that.

Our Electrifying World is a series about how electrification is creating a more sustainable energy transition. It is sponsored by Rewiring America. Across the country, fall is synonymous with the new ...

From tree planting and delayed mowing to school clubs and interactive “Bee Paths,” Slovenia is putting pollinators first.

Our Electrifying World is a series about how electrification is creating a more sustainable energy transition. It is sponsored by Rewiring America. Electrification is a long game. It’s been a century ...

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. Every year, when the monsoons ...

In the morning before class starts, one by one the students at the Würenloser Gesamtschule near Zürich in Switzerland turn off their smartphones and drop them into a simple wooden box at the front of ...