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The transformation demonstrates how even relatively small habitat projects can make a difference when they provide food, water, shelter and appropriate native vegetation What began as a school assignment with a shovel and a patch of ordinary lawn has, nine years later, become a miniature wildlife sanctuary in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. In 2017, 14-year-old Maggie…

John Denver bought a 957-acre property in Old Snowmass, Colorado, in 1979 and had a vision of it becoming the home of the Windstar Foundation | Wikimedia Commons John Denver bought a 957-acre property in Old Snowmass, Colorado, in 1979 and had a vision of it becoming the home of the Windstar Foundation, which was…

Some learn business, others are born with a hunch for it. When it comes to Greg Clark, it seems the latter holds true. At 19, he quit his job, paid his rent and was left with just $20 to his name. Today, he is renovating an 81-room hotel in Eureka Springs with a $1.1 million…

Nigerian engineer Yahaya Ahmed built his first model house with 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottle (Image Credit: BBC) What if thousands of discarded plastic bottles could become part of a house instead of ending up in gutters or landfills? In Kaduna, Nigerian engineer Yahaya Ahmed has spent more than a decade exploring that possibility. His first…

Aamir Tinwala, a middle-schooler living through pandemic isolation begged his parents for a pet and they agreed to get him a bird, a bright yellow-faced and orange-cheeked cockatiel, whom he named Koco. This bond, inspired the Texas teen to launch a bird conservation movement that is now spread across continents and generations according to a…

Michigan farmer John Boyer bought back his family’s 131 acres and took a major step to ensure the farmland can never be divided for housing. (Photo: Vivian La/IPR News) John Boyer grew up surrounded by the rolling fields of corn, oats and wheat that once belonged to his family in East Jordan, Michigan. Decades later,…

AI Representation: Algal growth in Peter Lake during a 2024 whole-lake experiment. Image credits: Chatgpt In the summer of 2024, researchers dyed the water of Peter Lake, located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA, with a non-toxic blue dye called Aquashade, then deliberately added fertilizer to the same lake. The experiment wasn’t done for beautification. Researchers…

LEFT (AI Representation): A dye was injected into a sinkhole beneath Florida’s Lake Jackson | ChatGPT; RIGHT: Wakulla Spring | Wikimedia Commons A dye was injected into a sinkhole beneath Florida’s Lake Jackson and took about five weeks to reach Wakulla Spring, which was evidence that water can move between the two sites through the…

Jack Nicholson gave 60 acres of undeveloped land in Coldwater Canyon to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in January 1994 | Wikimedia Commons Jack Nicholson gave 60 acres of undeveloped land in Coldwater Canyon to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in January 1994. The land was in the hills above Studio City, and frontage was…

A road in western Oahu looks much like any other stretch of asphalt. Cars pass over it, tyres wear against its surface and, from the driver’s seat, there is little to suggest that recycled plastic is part of the pavement underneath. Yet in 2022, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) began testing exactly that idea…