Net Zero Banking Puts Your Money Where Your Values Are

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At Sunrise Banks, customers can opt for their deposits to be loaned out only to projects that will reduce carbon emissions.

Bringing ‘Good Fire’ Back to the Land

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Righting a historic wrong, California now allows Indigenous cultural burns. Their healing effects ripple through tribes, forests and waterways.

What We’re Reading: Wildfire Survivors Find Solace in ‘Forest Therapy’

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See what stories caught our attention this week, from the power of a walk in the woods to community land ownership in Hawaii.

How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations

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To make the most of brief blooming seasons, beekeepers in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries have turned their apiaries mobile.

An Art Form That Makes Silent Voices Heard

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Vibrantly combining gestures and mime, Visual Vernacular helps the Deaf and hearing communities to connect and communicate without words.

Stopping Domestic Abuse With a Trip to the Bank

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In the U.K., “Safe Spaces” in banks and pharmacies give domestic abuse victims a lifeline to seek support — and start again.

What We’re Reading: A Health Center Rooted in Nature

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See what stories caught our attention this week, from a clinic where land and people heal one another to a monumental housing reform.

Child Care Micro-Centers Are Filling Empty Classrooms

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By providing care for young children at K-12 schools, these centers help parents with costs and schools with teacher retention.

Rewilding Death in the Appalachian Mountains

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A growing conservation burial movement is challenging the funeral industry’s environmental footprint while healing the land.

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