Loneliness is more than a personal struggle; it’s a public health crisis. A recent Harvard study found that one in five Americans regularly feels lonely, with the number even higher among young adults ...

I n the U.S., cargo bikes, especially electric ones, are in their infancy, but their popularity is on the rise.. Price is a key factor. Renting an electric cargo bike from Boston-based CargoB is about ...

C reatively repurposing art and craft materials has a long history. But an early pioneer of this type of creative reuse center emerged in San Francisco in the 1970s.Artists seeking supplies for ...

T he Colorado River once fanned across the Yuma Valley, lined by craggy volcanic peaks. Seasonal muddy torrents spread water and nutrient-rich sediments across the floodplain. Ribbons of green spread ...

U nadorned houses and gray sidewalk slabs line the street of the Katendrechtse Lagendijk neighborhood. Here in the Charlois district in the south of the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the dreariness is ...

In 2024, nearly 106,000 individuals received clothing from Thread Together. Courtesy of Ross Mitchell. Since then, around 1.7 million items from nearly 2,000 retailers have been saved from landfill ...

W hen 18-year-old Ishi Mosha — who goes by the nickname Amzhii — glides down the face of a wave, she feels alive. Amzhii just finished school, but she’s already one of the few local female surf ...

Yemen’s mobile apiaries have had a remarkable impact on bee numbers and productivity. Credit: Adel Bishr. As the global bee population faces an alarming decline due to habitat loss, pesticides and ...

Wörgl earned its place in history thanks to its Depression-era community currency. Credit: Hannes Mallaun / Shutterstock. Community currencies — alternative forms of money sometimes also referred to ...

“They are a keystone species,” she adds. “That means where they go, other species go.” The project, which is being run by Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust after they received £1.1 million ...

Superilla de Sant Antoni, Barcelona. Credit: Cataleirxs / Wikimedia. Building a healthy city requires addressing five key factors: air pollution, noise, temperature, natural spaces and physical ...

Because gardens make up nearly a third of Britain’s urban areas, creating hedgehog highways can substantially increase the amount of habitat available to hedgehogs. In 2022, a study found that these ...