Trust for Public Land released the annual park system ratings and the best-rated system in the U.S. lands lands in the District of Washington, D.C. St. Paul, MN came in second, slightly above Arlington, VA and Cincinnati, OH. The ParkScore Index measures parks in the nation’s most populous areas and rates them within five criteria. Park equity is the newest […]
More than 90 percent of Britain’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being bottom-trawled and dredged, two years after an analysis of the extent of destructive fishing exposed them as “paper parks,” according to data shared with the Guardian. The UK’s network of marine parks, set up to safeguard vulnerable areas of the seabed and marine life, is a […]
Designer Alessandro Luciani designed a new model for retail stores called the Huawei Experience Store. It’s vision oriented toward the involvement of emotions and the creation of new experiences. Luciani defined himself as the Designer of Human Experiences. His anthropocentric model of design inspires a focus on the creation of experiential spaces. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Luciani creates […]
The plight of the polar bears is tragic indeed, but if you need charismatic megafauna to make you care about climate change, you can just look in the mirror. The melting ice that is eliminating polar bear habitat is well on its way to eliminating human habitat as well. All that water pouring into the oceans is raising the sea […]
Maddy Rotman, head of Sustainability at Imperfect Foods, a delivery service for sustainably sourced produce and packaged food that would otherwise end up in landfills as food waste, joins the conversation to find an end to one of the largest sources of easily avoided greenhouse gas emissions. More than a third of the food humans grow each year goes unused. […]
One of the distinct features of Grandma Jennie’s dining room was the intricate lace doilies that covered her wood furniture. Hand crocheted by Grandma, the fine cotton pieces adorned her sideboards, tables, and even the shelves of her china cabinet. These decorative items were quite common in the early- and mid-20th century. But they weren’t just decorations, they also served […]