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fromBoston.com
2 hours ago

Southern California wildfire mostly contained as officials lift many evacuation orders

The Springs Fire in Riverside County is 75% contained, with evacuation orders lifted for many neighborhoods as fire crews continue to battle the blaze.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Braiding knowledge: how Indigenous expertise and western science are converging

Indigenous knowledge and western science are increasingly integrated in ecological research and food sovereignty efforts in Pacific Northwest clam gardens.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
22 hours ago

Firefighters contain Southern California brush fires fueled by Santa Ana winds

The Springs fire in Riverside County is 45% contained, with no injuries or structures damaged, but wind could affect growth.
#biodiversity
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

Coldefy Leads Winning Masterplan to Transform Budapest Brownfield into Rewilded Urban District

The regeneration plan includes over 10,000 apartments, new transportation links, and commercial and civic spaces, forming a comprehensive urban redevelopment strategy aligned with 15-minute city principles.
Renovation
Environment
fromEarth911
2 days ago

Earth911 Inspiration: Show Up for Planet Earth

Make Earth Day 2026 a pivotal response to environmental damage from recent U.S. policy reversals.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Swifts spark joy!' Why these beautiful birds need our help and 10 ways to give it

Swifts are declining in population due to habitat loss and reduced insect availability, necessitating conservation efforts.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 days ago

See these ziti-sized fish scale a 50-foot waterfall

During major floods, thousands of tiny fish convene at Luvilombo Falls in the upper Congo River Basin to undertake a peculiar vertical migration, described for the first time today in Scientific Reports.
OMG science
#environmental-advocacy
Public health
fromKqed
3 days ago

In 2026, the Bay Area Still Has Lots to Learn from 'Silent Spring' | KQED

MAHA and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. share skepticism of corporate power but diverge on issues like vaccines and pesticide regulation.
Environment
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Why environmental advocates are speaking out against a planned development in northeast Pickering | CBC News

Environmental advocates oppose a planned development in northeast Pickering due to concerns about flood risk, water quality, and endangered species.
Public health
fromKqed
3 days ago

In 2026, the Bay Area Still Has Lots to Learn from 'Silent Spring' | KQED

MAHA and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. share skepticism of corporate power but diverge on issues like vaccines and pesticide regulation.
Environment
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Why environmental advocates are speaking out against a planned development in northeast Pickering | CBC News

Environmental advocates oppose a planned development in northeast Pickering due to concerns about flood risk, water quality, and endangered species.
#sustainability
Environment
fromNature
6 days ago

How buildings and cities can be aligned with life

Buildings currently harm the environment, but regenerative design can restore ecological systems and reduce waste through nature-inspired strategies.
Environment
fromEarth911
1 week ago

Earth911 Inspiration: The First Step To Sustainability

Sustainability begins with recognizing the connection between humanity and nature, free from artificial boundaries.
fromHigh Country News
4 days ago

Forest Service overhaul sows confusion, concern - High Country News

"Nobody is asking for this. None of the farm groups want this. No one in conservation wants this. Nobody." Robert Bonnie, former Forest Service undersecretary, highlights widespread opposition to the reorganization.
Washington DC
London
fromianVisits
4 days ago

Exhibition charts how the City of London ended up owning Epping Forest

Epping Forest was preserved by the City of London after a series of legal actions and purchases in the 19th century.
fromPhilosophynow
4 days ago
Philosophy

The Collective City

Islamic philosophy invites plurality and coexistence, emphasizing the importance of dialogue and the acceptance of error in understanding.
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 days ago

Minister mum on mandatory review of Greenbelt, which is a year overdue | CBC News

The Greenbelt, an over 800,000-hectare ecologically sensitive zone around the Greater Golden Horseshoe, was created in 2005. It provides environmental protection and specifies where development should not occur.
Canada news
East Bay real estate
fromsfist.com
4 days ago

Environmental Group Secures Option to Buy Former East Bay Racetrack, Will Turn It Into Park

The former Golden Gate Fields horse racing track will be transformed into a public park by the Trust for Public Land for $175 million.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

Germany: Wolf bites woman in Hamburg

A wolf injured a woman in Hamburg, marking the first recorded wolf attack on a human in Germany since the species returned in the late 1990s.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
20 hours ago

Endangered salmon returned to Northern California, then the money dried up

The state is ending support for salmon restoration efforts, jeopardizing the reintroduction of winter-run Chinook to ancestral waters.
Agriculture
fromEarth911
3 days ago

Infographic: Tips for an Environmentally Responsible, Low-Maintenance Yard

An environmentally friendly approach to yard maintenance can save time, money, and effort while benefiting the local ecosystem.
Non-profit organizations
fromNature
1 week ago

'Continuity over novelty': why environmental science needs to rethink its focus

The closure of forest-service research offices threatens long-term ecological research and institutional memory in the US.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Healthy hedgehogs are best left in the wild | Letters

Hedgehogs are wild animals that should not be kept as pets; they thrive best in their natural habitat.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
6 days ago

Building with Trees: Rethinking Architecture's Relationship to Site

Preserving existing trees can influence architectural design and space organization rather than being treated as mere landscape additions.
#biomimicry
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
4 days ago

Biomimetic Architecture Reaches New Heights With This Bird-of-Paradise Yoga Space - Yanko Design

Thilina Liyanage's architecture translates animal gestures into functional designs, exemplified by the Rifle Bird Yogashala inspired by the Victoria's riflebird's courtship display.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

New bin rules begin in England but not all councils are ready

New rules mandate weekly food waste collections in England, but many councils are unprepared to meet the deadline.
fromNy1
6 days ago

Electric blue blooms signal spring's arrival at Bronx garden

These are Scilla sardensis, the common name is Glory-of-the-Snow. They are native to the mountains of Western Turkey but are really comfortable growing in almost any condition, as you can see. They are, for us, the real harbingers of spring. We know that once we start to see this electric blue color, the season is starting for us.
Washington DC
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
6 days ago

5 Ways Interseeding Can Change the Farming Landscape

Interseeding enhances crop output and sustainability by allowing multiple crops to grow simultaneously, benefiting both large and small farms.
fromwww.archdaily.com
6 days ago

Forest Toilet A & B / Ja-Sheng Chen Architects + Fa+p

The design of Forest Toilet A emphasizes the importance of integrating architecture with the natural environment, ensuring that the structure complements the existing landscape rather than disrupts it.
Design
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Wily coyote? Urban canines take more risks compared with rural ones, study finds

Urban coyotes are less afraid of new stimuli and take more risks compared to rural coyotes, according to a study across multiple US sites.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Your Brain Needs the Outdoors More Than You Think

Human brains evolved outdoors and require natural environments to function optimally; modern indoor lifestyles cause mental fatigue that nature exposure restores through soft fascination and circadian rhythm regulation.
fromMail Online
5 days ago

Britain has just 20 years to save its wildlife, experts warn

'Our results show that the next 20 years are critical,' lead author Dr Rob Cooke told the Daily Mail. 'By around 2050, we reach a point where the choices we make on emissions and land use will largely determine whether Britain moves towards a much more degraded or a much more nature‑positive future.'
Environment
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Nearly three-quarters of England's woods inaccessible to public, study finds

73% of English woodland is publicly inaccessible, with ancient trees particularly restricted, prompting campaigns for right-to-roam legislation.
Online marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
3 weeks ago

Scrolling for Shade: What Homeowners are Actually Searching for Regarding Tree Care - Social Media Explorer

Social media tree-trimming trends prioritize aesthetics over proper arboriculture; professional pruning serves biological functions like wind resistance, not just visual appeal.
London food
fromTime Out London
3 weeks ago

A huge new nature reserve has been declared in west London

Warren Farm in Southall became London's newest Local Nature Reserve, hosting nearly a quarter of London's skylark breeding population and diverse wildlife including butterflies, owls, and kestrels.
Environment
fromEarth911
4 days ago

Classic Sustainability In Your Ear: Coastal Flooding in 2050 With Climate Scientist James Renwick

Coastal flooding due to climate change could increase by two feet in the next century without immediate radical action to reduce emissions.
#urban-ecology
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

My ideas are a little revolutionary': ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

Wildfires have become an ever bigger problem in Canada. The 2018 wildfires were the biggest in British Columbia's history, but this record was broken in 2021, and then again in 2023, when fires consumed an area three times the size of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and the smoke travelled as far as New York City.
Canada news
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 week ago

bionic tumbleweed ball heals damaged lands as it rolls around and plants seeds

The Wasteland Nomad is built from biochar and seeds of indigenous plants, which are both biodegradable materials. Biochar works like a sponge inside the soil, as it holds water, gives microbes a surface to live on, and locks carbon into the ground instead of letting it escape into the air.
Design
OMG science
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

Water vanished in California. Here's how one species saved itself.

Scarlet monkeyflowers rapidly evolved drought tolerance mutations during California's extreme 2012-2015 drought, demonstrating evolutionary rescue in wild populations facing climate change.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

It has changed my life': How a dose of nature is treating mental illness

Dose of Nature prescribes outdoor time as mental health treatment, achieving 64% recovery rates compared to NHS talking therapies' 50%, with nature exposure providing serotonin boosts and immune system benefits through phytoncides.
fromNature
6 days ago

Why I made a river my co-author

The Martuwarra Fitzroy River is one of Australia's last-remaining relatively intact, undammed tropical river systems. For now. The river faces many threats, for instance, from water use in agricultural irrigation.
Environment
Renovation
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Prospect Park's secluded Vale of Cashmere getting long-awaited upgrade

Prospect Park's Vale of Cashmere undergoes a $37.5 million restoration project including a new play area, pavilion with composting bathrooms, and completion expected by fall 2027.
Boston
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Boston tree canopy has expanded, in step with plans for a cleaner, greener city

Boston's tree canopy expanded by 151 acres between 2019 and 2024, increasing citywide coverage to 28.5 percent, driven by growth in public parks and rights-of-way.
Environment
fromEarth911
6 days ago

The West Is Burning Before Summer Even Starts, and It's No Accident

Nevada set a new March high temperature record of 106°F, exceeding the previous record by 6 degrees during a significant heat wave.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Small changes in how we garden can make a big difference to birds | Letter

Around a third of UK gardeners use pesticides, and our studies found that house sparrow numbers, for example, were nearly 40% lower in gardens where the pesticide metaldehyde was used. By reducing pesticide use, you can actively encourage birds back into your outdoor spaces, as they rely on invertebrates such as slugs and snails as natural prey.
Pets
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Residents to grow food on 'unloved' public land

Hounslow Council launches Right to Grow initiative allowing residents to cultivate food on unused public land, becoming only the second London council to adopt this policy.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

Rethinking Architecture at the Scale of Planetary Systems

Contemporary architecture operates within interconnected technological systems—energy networks, data infrastructures, and global logistics—that fundamentally shape what can be built, its affordability, performance, and waste production.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

I love vultures, mosquitoes and, yes, even wasps. This is why you should too | Jo Wimpenny

Humans hold irrational emotional biases toward animals; wasps deserve reconsideration as valuable pollinators and pest controllers despite negative perceptions.
Environment
fromHigh Country News
1 week ago

Why intentional fires can still be safe during this dry spring - High Country News

Prescribed and cultural burning is essential for managing vegetation and preventing wildfires in the West, even during dry conditions.
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Coyotes and cougars and rats, oh my! - High Country News

An unnamed tourist saw it and told Aidan Moore, who works for Alcatraz City Cruises. Moore told SFGATE that he was initially skeptical, but the guest's iPhone footage left little room for doubt. The video shows, not a sea lion or an otter, but an actual Canis latrans, doggedly dogpaddling, then clambering out of the water, noticeably shaky and struggling to settle tired paws on the craggy rocks.
California
Miscellaneous
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

7 Unbuilt Masterplans Reimagining Urban Futures Through Ecology and Collective Space

Unbuilt urban masterplans explore adaptive spatial frameworks that recalibrate mobility, ecology, and collective life through climate-responsive design and public space integration across diverse global contexts.
Environment
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires

Proposed rule to rescind roadbuilding limits in national forests is criticized as a giveaway to the timber industry, undermining wildfire management claims.
Environment
fromHigh Country News
1 week ago

Public lands need less extraction and more rewilding - High Country News

Public-land management in the Western U.S. needs a complete reimagining to prevent further ecological degradation and biodiversity loss.
Environment
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

A bit of good news: It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis

Groundwater recovery can mitigate subsidence but may also lead to flooding, structural issues, and chemical problems in various regions.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows

England must allocate 7% of its land to nature, forests, and renewable energy to meet environmental targets while maintaining food production and housing capacity.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Can culling your garden slow a wildfire? A California city pins its hopes on a contested plan

Tucked into the ridges overlooking California's San Francisco Bay and against an expansive nature area, the house Thouati and his wife have owned for 30-some years sits in one of the highest wildfire-threat areas in the state. A scientist with a penchant for diving deep, he poured into the research. Hundreds of articles later, he said, it became clear I had to swallow my pride.
Environment
Social justice
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

A framework for addressing racial and related inequities in conservation

Conservation often violates Indigenous rights, perpetuates racial injustice and violence, and requires community-based standards, anti-racist reforms, and accountability measures.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 weeks ago

Sustainability In Your Ear: The XPRIZE Wildfire Competition Heats Up

Autonomous systems and AI-enabled technology can reduce wildfire detection and response time from 40 minutes to 10 minutes, potentially preventing catastrophic losses.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Wild Resilience: Fostering Strength Through Nature

Mindful outdoor practice (Wild Resilience) uses nature and embodied movement to restore safety, joy, awe, connection, and expand the nervous system's window of tolerance.
Social justice
fromNature
1 month ago

My professor said 'Black people are not interested in the environment'. I set out to prove him wrong

Dorceta Taylor pioneered research, programs, and leadership to document and advance racial diversity, inclusion, and environmental justice within environmental science and conservation.
fromAeon
1 month ago

In solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature's lead | Aeon Essays

In Indra's Net of pearls and jewels, every gem reflects every other, a shimmering image of interdependence. This ancient Vedic metaphor for connection across the cosmos also illuminates what the environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht first proposed in 2014as 'theSymbiocene': the era after the Anthropocene, in which human technologies take their cues from living systems and work in partnership rather than through dominance.
Philosophy
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Countries can rewild borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief

Rewilding land borders with natural vegetation and wetlands deters invasion while enhancing biodiversity and national security through environmental restoration.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Garden as a Performance

Garden art composes natural materials into picturesque, visually varied vistas—"growing music"—emphasizing harmonious composition, technical craft, and continual temporal change.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Analysis finds urban areas in England where no one lives within 15-minute walk of nature

While the data shows 80% of people live within walking distance of green or blue spaces such as a river, park or woodland, it also reveals a disparity between rural and poorer urban areas. In some areas of local authorities, fewer than 20% of residents live close to these spaces, according to data released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Wednesday.
Environment
Environment
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Guest Idea: The Wildfire Season You're Not Prepared For

Extreme wildfire conditions caused by heat, drought, and wind alignment have nearly tripled globally over 45 years, with human-caused climate change responsible for over half this increase, making simultaneous extreme fire weather across multiple regions increasingly common.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
2 months ago

5 Agri-Environmental Strategies that Prevent Species Loss

Implementing agri-environmental strategies like prairie strips and reduced tillage increases biodiversity, soil health, pollination, and natural pest control, benefiting farm productivity.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead

The work suggested that resistance arises from a relatively large number of sites, each with relatively minor effects. For example, the sites in the genome identified by quantitative trait analysis typically boosted resistance by about 10 points on the researchers' 100-point scale. In the genome-wide analysis, 17 individual genetic differences were associated with about a quarter of the heritable resistance traits.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

How a Welsh village saved its forest and its future

It was a Saturday in February 2020 when the flood came. It had been a wet winter, so wet it seemed that before the month was out, the brown trout of the River Taff might be washed clean out into Cardiff Bay before the fishing season had even begun. But this is Wales. People are used to a spot of rain.
Environment
Environment
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Plant a Pollinator Garden To Support Butterflies, Bees, & Birds

Plant native, nectar-rich home gardens to support pollinators threatened by climate change, habitat loss, pesticides, and significant population declines.
#rewilding
fromNature
2 months ago

To improve resilience to climate change, track what endures

When the category-5 storm Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in October, its path crossed communities that had varying levels of preparedness. Many with maintained coastal protections, upgraded drainage and reliable early-warning systems had power and water restored in days. Others were immobilized for weeks.
Environment
Environment
fromNature
2 months ago

Defending endangered trees against climate change and hungry goats

Socotra's unique endemic trees face threats from climate-driven drought and free-ranging goats, requiring community-linked habitat restoration balancing conservation and local livelihoods.
Environment
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Guest Idea: Reusing Yard Debris

Yard debris such as leaves, branches, and grass clippings can be reused to improve soil health, reduce waste, and support sustainable landscapes.
fromNature
1 month ago

Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem - it's time to fix it

Biodiversity loss is continuing at an unprecedented rate, with species becoming extinct at between 100 and 1,000 times the average pre-human, or 'background', rate. Human activities are the main cause. Although there are hundreds of local, regional and international initiatives to conserve and sustainably use species and ecosystems, many conservation scientists worry that measures such as interventions to conserve individual species or incentives to create protected areas are not supported by strong evidence from research.
Environment
Environment
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

How to fireproof a city

Simple, low-cost building and community design changes can make homes survive wildfires and require collective neighborhood-scale action as risks rise with climate change.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

The business of saving nature

The world spends 30 times more money destroying nature than protecting it. That's according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that exposes a massive gulf between so-called "harmful investments" and financing that promotes nature preservation. The global environment agency's latest "State of Finance for Nature" (SNF) report is calling to phase out the US$7.3 trillion (6.2 trillion) in global investments that damage nature including into high-emissions energy infrastructure and manufacturing, for example.
Environment
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

As Australia burns, locals learn to adapt

Extreme heat and powerful winds combined with tinder-dry eucalyptus forests create catastrophic bushfire risk, threatening lives, properties, wildlife, and forcing urgent evacuation decisions.
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