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Now that Venice is back for its residents, culture and science are stimulating an urgent debate on its future. Some answers might already lie in the natural capital of the lagoon. If we can't save Venice, what does that mean for the rest of humanity?
VENICE, ITALY
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The GreenInCities project, funded in Europe, supports the renewal of the Besòs River in Barcelona by asking local wildlife experts for their advice
BARCELONA, SPAIN
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In August 2024, the General Medical Council in the UK suspended the licenses of two health professionals for participating in peaceful climate change protests; that move has backfired
LONDON, UK
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Oil and gas giants are capable of single-handedly turning the Paris Agreement into just a pipe dream – banks should tighten up the loose screws that finance fossil fuel operations
PARIS, FRANCE
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After decades of a vicious food system for our planet, agroecology is becoming a popular form of activism to wield clout for longing structural changes
BARCELONA, SPAIN
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How an unconventional form of philanthropy turns a prestigious event in London into a powerful platform to support urban gardens and good causes across the UK
LONDON, UK
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After a great start, artist Samira Benini Allaouat hopes to bring sustainable public lighting to a new level while decontaminating the urban soil
BARCELONA, SPAIN
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Extreme weather makes the case for the renaissance of an urban nature-based solution built a century ago, which many cities would envy
ELCHE, SPAIN
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Sophie Leguil, founder of “More Than Weeds”, on stopping our endless weeding of wild plants on the streets and ending our alienation from nature
LONDON, UK
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An experimental collection of objects and stories of ordinary people, hosted by two natural history museums, takes on our changing planet. Could storytelling spark action?
BERLIN, GERMANY
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Some consider energy cooperatives in cities a quixotic adventure, but one worth trying to decarbonize the energy system at this moment in history.
PARIS, FRANCE
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Berliners are making watering trees more sexy than announcing new planting. The citizen-led initiative ‘Gieß den Kiez’ coordinates watering efforts to prioritize aftercare of street trees to outlive multiple generations of people.
BERLIN, GERMANY
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With a science-led approach, ‘Dream for Trees’ has started to plant mini urban forests in London to efficiently store carbon and create local balanced ecosystems. Can they save us from human-caused climate change?
LONDON, UK
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Natalie Fee, co-founder of Refill in Bristol, has put the power to disrupt the vicious circle of bottled water at people’s fingertips to protect our water sources and the environment.
BRISTOL, UK
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The grass-root association Green city e.V. has been at the vanguard of spreading global climate action among citizens in Munich.
MUNICH, GERMANY
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Kisdiófa Kert is an urban garden in Erzsébetváros neighbourhood, where citizens connect to each other building trust and supportive relationships in Budapest.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
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The 'Beyond a Construction Site' urban gardening initiative in Ljubljana (Slovenia) connects people with nature in the centre of the city.
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
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Tamara Sancho, a primary care physician in Barcelona, and her neighbours have been converting the small spaces around trees into small lush gardens in their neighbourhood called ‘Poble Sec’ since 2015. Tamara was fed up with the amount of rubbish accumulated around those tiny tree islands and decided to do something about it. She started ...
BARCELONA, SPAIN
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Over 200 species of birds visit New York City each year. Grassroots conservation efforts make their migratory stopovers possible—and bring joy to all New Yorkers
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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Seattle's whale guardians network showcases the power of grassroots wildlife conservation in urban areas—proving city dwellers worldwide could start their own
SEATTLE, WA, USA
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Activist J.K. Canepa explains how New York residents want to prevent the expansion of fossil fuels – and use the upheaval to kick off thermal energy networks
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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Why environmental justice activists are fighting carbon capture and storage; and why many companies and governments are so desperate to stop it
NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA
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Located in Mid-Manhattan, the New York Public Library has taken over a century-old practice of seed saving and distribution. Could seed libraries one day prevent a food crisis in our cities?
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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Our planet suffers the problem of littering in cities. Apparently easy, why can’t cities solve this impossible task? Across the ocean activists explain the invidious choices to tackle the issue at its core.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA
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‘Radical acts of gardening’ more than 40 years ago were visionary actions to reconnect with nature, which anticipated the challenges facing our cities today to fight climate change.
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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In Los Angeles, a guerrilla garden proved that cultivating collective healing is possible where hardship prevails. Gardening is where healing the body and healing the planet meet and paves decentralized ways for ecosocial renewal in cities.
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
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Waste is a huge problem. By the day. Here are some community-led ideas bred in Brooklyn which are a successful approach for radical change in waste reduction.
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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To embrace sustainability, cities ably need to reduce the social divide between the public and science by building data literacy and democratizing the use of open data.
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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The founders of the first plant-based community fridge in New York unlock fresh food for everyone and its value to combat diseases and heal the planet.
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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Mariellé Anzelone is growing an urban movement for nature and biodiversity in the cities of the future.
NEW YORK, NY, USA
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Hi, my name is Power Drill and my average useful life is 12 minutes. If tools, gear and equipment could speak, you would be horrified about their short useful lives. The tool sharing initiative called The Toronto Tool Library offers an alternative to ownership to use resources much more efficiently in the city. Inspired by ...
TORONTO, ON, CANADA
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In Kenitra, white storks live alongside residents—but conservationists warn they may be becoming too comfortable in Moroccan cities
KENITRA, MOROCCO
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As cities expand in Ghana, farmlands in their outskirts clash with elephant corridors. However, female farmers find ways of coexistence with wildlife while feeding urban dwellers
ZEBILLA, GHANA
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On the rooftops of mud-brick high-rises in Sanaa, urban farming that uses 90% less water than traditional agriculture offers a viable solution to combat food insecurity in Yemen
SANAA, YEMEN
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The informal work of the Zabaleen in Cairo has been a landmark of waste infrastructure, but the city needs to be more ambitious to further boost a local green economy while empowering its people
CAIRO, EGYPT
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While the West is giving lectures about climate action, in Mexico a new paradigm to combat the crisis could emerge from projects like Roma Verde Garden
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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Seven years after founding Cataki, artivist Mundano discusses informal waste collection, largely disregarded, yet indispensable to boost recycling
SãO PAULO, STATE OF SãO PAULO, BRAZIL
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Young Africans cleaning urban rivers and preventing dumping remain in the shadows but they are on the front line of the fight against ocean pollution
NAIROBI, KENYA
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How the community-led initiative THE REVIVAL is rescuing textile waste from the landfills of Accra in Ghana and exposing fashion’s waste crisis
ACCRA, GHANA
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How Solarbakery in African cities restore bread-making practices, wiped out by a colonialist legacy that hinders sustainability in Africa
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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Environmental pollution in the post-Soviet city of Rustavi is complex, but it should be read not as an act of despair but as a rallying call with concrete solutions
RUSTAVI, GEORGIA
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From a little island in Cairo, the Nile is getting free of plastic pollution with the urgency to develop local economies along the river
CAIRO, EGYPT
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In Canadian cities, a neighbour-led movement is unfolding the potential of backyards to provide pollination routes for monarch butterflies. Also, it is a call on locals to become Beebnb hosts — the Airbnb for wild bees
TORONTO, ON, CANADA
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Deforestation is threatening citizen's life in Freetown, but its environmental impact goes beyond the city's borders. Collective and bold actions around the world put cities at peace with nature.
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
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Lebanon’s economic crisis has created a guerrilla of urban gardeners growing their own food to curb hunger and build an agriculture culture in the country.
BEIRUT, LEBANON
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The organization Árboles Mágicos in San José, Costa Rica, combines head and heart to regenerate biological corridors and the wellbeing of citizens.
SAN JOSé, COSTA RICA
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Jyoti Pande Lavakare, co-founder of Care for Air, has been raising awareness on deadly air pollution in Delhi for the past six years. Due to the Covid-19 lockdown, she finds herself under clear blue skies, an unprecedented time to demand more civic action
NEW DELHI, DELHI, INDIA
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The social startup ‘Urban Greens’ spearheads a resilient food movement in Cairo through urban agriculture, which provides self-reliant fresh produce and guarantees food security to households, especially in times of crisis like water scarcity.
CAIRO, EGYPT
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Chris Anaekwe is a graduate of the University of Nigeria in Nsukka which has organized an impressive clean up in his hometown, Onitsha (Nigeria), to raise awareness about waste disposal in the city. It is hard to believe that in a city like Onitsha rubbish containers are a rare thing. What do you do with ...
ONITSHA, NIGERIA