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  • Flood control goes green: How Houston is using nature to combat flooding

    Several areas in Texas are using public green spaces and nature preserves as ways to mitigate or reduce flooding. Exploration Green is one example of a project that reclaimed nature in an urban area by creating five ponds, each of which can hold up to 100 million gallons of floodwater while also supporting native plants, animals, and trails for hiking.

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  • Communities getting 'smart' on climate change

    New York’s Climate Smart Communities program helps municipalities work to reduce local emissions by awarding them “points” for completing climate-conscious actions such as installing charging stations for electric vehicles or designating space for solar infrastructure. Each participating community forms a local task force to oversee its environmental efforts, and many receive technical assistance and support to help them apply for grants and coordinate documentation.

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  • The Café That's Upending Capitalism

    Cafe Euphoria in Troy, N.Y. operates on a cooperative model in which all employees are paid the same wage and are offered an ownership stake in the business. The company is founded on a social mission to create a safe space for trans and gender nonconforming people and promotes equity through a 3:1 sliding scale for its menu and thrift shop, with 94% of customers opting to pay the top-end price of the scale.

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  • WA's Nooksack River has been sounding the alarm, and people are finally listening

    After being hit by two natural disasters in one year, cities, Indigenous tribes, and government agencies in Whatcom County on the Nooksack River are working together to create a new plan to deal with flood risk and salmon restoration. The Floodplain Integrated Planning team is overcoming distrust among its partners to build a more holistic plan that incorporates tested solutions like fish-friendly floodgates, levee repairs, and property buyouts to remove homes that will continue to be flooded in the future.

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  • 'Ventilation Corridors' Funnel Cool Mountain Air Into Steamy Stuttgart

    Stuttgart is using a “nature-based response” to climate change by leveraging earth-cooling tools already available in the natural world. The city has created a vast network of ventilation channels – green parkways and corridors of water and trees – designed to funnel cooler breezes into the city at night and naturally lower air temperatures.

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  • Sustainable housing via 3D printing, foam addresses housing crisis, climate change

    Strata International Group is building homes out of foam and concrete. It's a practice that is gaining traction because when these materials are used, the homes are set to last for upwards of 300 years. It also requires a less energy-intensive construction process — creating big cost savings amid supply chain issues and inflation and also benefiting the environment.

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  • How A Small Canadian City Took On Chronic Homelessness

    A town in Canada uses a housing-first approach to reduce homelessness. They help people experiencing homelessness get housing before offering support for other issues they might be facing.

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  • Greece's Islands Are Zero-Waste Laboratories

    Tilos, Greece, works with a network of companies to collect and sort the island residents' waste to be composted, recycled, or reused instead of using a landfill.

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  • How a 100-day solution to homelessness could help Knox County

    Reinstitute is a global non-profit, focusing on lowering homelessness across the world. The organization works with communities, both rural or urban, and constructs a “100-day challenge” to gather various groups and resources together to make a consequential change in homelessness in 100 days. The program has seen great success across the U.S., most recently housing 1,852 people following a campaign in California.

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  • Glitter has proven it can clean our streets. Will the City finally back it up?

    The street cleaning startup Glitter facilitates paid cleanups on blocks that slip through the cracks of the City’s waste management services. The company has cleaners assigned to blocks in every section of the city, with new people jumping on board each week to help clean up the streets.

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