Native birds are flocking back to cities after generations of absence.

The unit focuses on community engagement and job creation. Its tactics are working.

The Land of Enchantment just launched the closest thing the U.S. has to universal child care.

The reintroduction of California condors into the state’s northern redwoods is the latest milestone in the birds’ spectacular comeback.

As climate change increases contact between bears and people, a new system helps keep them socially distanced.

Fruiting trees that replace dump sites are cared for — and feed — the communities they’re in.

In Algeria, a complete recycling plant — delivered in a shipping container — helps refugees earn a living while reducing waste.

Jubilee Market in Waco, Texas exists for one reason only: to provide quality food in a neighborhood that lacks it.

When markets closed, some Pacific Islands returned to traditional farming practices — and found more people had enough to eat.

By planting crops and trees together, farmers are making a living while forests thrive.

Davis, California has maintained low Covid rates thanks to a unique collaboration with its hometown university.

An urban wetland that people can use becomes a shining example of flood adaptation.

A model of water exchange that aids diplomacy between Israel and Jordan could work for parched areas of the U.S. and Mexico, too.

Columbia, Maryland, the quintessential 1960s planned community, is preparing for a 21st century makeover.

In a country where being gay can be dangerous, one church promises: “There is no judgment.”

Under a proposed law, district attorneys who have received money from the police would have to recuse themselves from cases involving them.

Tired of delays, they cobbled together a software program that could change the way billions of dollars are spent on homelessness.

A California flight academy is tackling the pilot shortage and equity issues in one fell swoop.

Properly maintained, their towering pylons often become an ideal habitat for endangered marine life.

A study showed that consumers cut way back on pop — and didn’t buy other sugary products as a substitute.

A study shows that ‘1-800-273-8255’ put a statistically significant dent in the U.S. suicide rate.

An ingenious system using chilly lake water makes air conditioning unnecessary in major buildings, from hospitals to an NBA arena.

As interest in worker-owned businesses spreads across the U.S., one city is way ahead of the game.

Erected in the 1950s, they’re riddled with exactly the kinds of inaccuracies you might expect.

In Baltimore, a more immersive method of violence interruption is putting clinical psychology at its forefront.

Scientists are serenading fish with friendly sounds, and coral reefs are reaping the benefits.

Some 1,200 workers have moved to the city, and it looks like most plan to stay.

An effort that pairs the orphaned pups with adoptive otter moms has led to thriving kelp forests.

In the U.K., a government program holds onto deposits to make sure renters get back what they’re owed.

Ending deforestation. Slashing methane. Achieving net-zero emissions. Here are the most impactful deals and pledges that have come out of COP26 so far.

To control rodents, the vast majority of Napa Valley winemakers have turned to birds of prey.

In a country where disability is often invisible, these dancers say, “I want to let more people see us.”

The city has spent the last decade making its public housing better for the planet — and for people.

The waterfront property, seized in 1924, is being given back to the family that originally bought it. It’s now worth $75 million.

Arizona is sending fewer kids to jail — and reinventing the places where they were once locked up.

A steelworkers organization is embracing workers of all stripes, from nurses to coders.

In places where bus service has vanished, dirt-cheap taxis are keeping people mobile.

What could we do besides lock people up?

A Shanghai mental health center was a target for stigmatization. Then its syrupy snack went viral.

Holes in the ground that once chugged out fossil fuels now provide clean, green energy.

A locally owned startup’s devices are powering hundreds of homes and over a dozen schools.

At an “intergenerational healing circle,” elders offer young men job advice while the youth teach the older folks how to use Instagram.

The city is giving non-car commuters a tax exemption normally meant for drivers.

A program pioneered in the little city of Eugene is improving policing in Harlem.

The more easily a product’s packaging can be recycled, the lower the fees.

At the end of the day, you’ll need to send them photos to prove you’ve completed your work.

In a state where a trip to the supermarket sometimes requires getting on a plane, biomass-powered greenhouses could be a game-changer.

There are only 21 left. A movement is taking shape to preserve them.

Tired of being overfished by wealthier countries, they stopped competing and started collaborating.

Ivory Coast produces more cocoa than anywhere else in the world. Now they’re using it to generate green energy.

Every 17 years the insects’ dramatic appearance is recorded by thousands of volunteers.

“Culture, community and land-based wisdom” form the pillars of a new modeling agency that’s elevating representation above profit.

A mining technique that damaged the environment for decades is now being used to protect it.

And now a lot of cities are making their “open streets” permanent.

Public health and church officials have turned the shots into a Sunday ritual.

Grab an oar — and some trash while you’re at it.

A pop-up site at a clinic that serves sex workers saw 99 vaccinations in a single day.

A credit-for-clunkers program offers drivers thousands of euros to switch to two wheels.

It grows everywhere and could help save the planet with every serving.

An experiment started during the pandemic to reduce jail populations will continue indefinitely.

A complaint filed by a student group argues the venerated university’s investments in fossil fuels are illegal.

The self-proclaimed boondocking capital of the world is going green.

The garbage-picking stork was considered a bad omen. Then the baby showers began.

A partnership to pool energy produced by smaller turbines could circumvent opposition to large wind farms.

Meet the marine geographer teaching Chennai urbanites how to buy seafood the traditional way.

The English National Opera has partnered with a hospital to turn lung recovery exercises into song.

When a newly elected county supervisor saw where farm workers were living, he was appalled — and inspired.

How the Seahawks finished the season as the only team in the league without a single infection.

A seed banking cooperative is making sure age-old agricultural practices don’t get lost.

Journeying to the state’s remote mountain hamlets, these mobile clinics are taking house calls to new heights.

Some companies that reduced employee hours during the pandemic are keeping the shorter work week in place — even as they reinstate full pay.

Defying harsh weather and roadless terrain, America’s most undeveloped state has achieved one of the country’s highest vaccination rates.

To fight xenophobia, nearly 2,000 families have shared a meal. Many have come back for more.

An 80-unit complex in Seattle will provide housing that reflects the culture of the Coast Salish People.

Community refrigerators are showing up on city streets, full stocked with food that’s free for the taking. Care for a snack?

Large dairy farms started dumping their milk during Covid — until smaller ones swooped in to turn it into food for the hungry.

With tourism at a standstill, the city is leasing the flats and subletting them to locals.

To reach those in need who don’t want to visit in person, one food bank is embracing Amazon-style shipping.

When war broke out, a group of intrepid scientists hustled Syria’s chickpea and lentil stash to a vault deep in the Arctic Circle.

Defining access to food as a human right, a city in Brazil is making sure everyone can afford a trip to the market.

The key is forest management processes that mimic what nature would do.

Private landowners are part of a statewide push to save the trees that make it rain.

Registration caravans on wheels are making sure Latino communities don’t get missed.

“Lifers” face a daunting re-entry after decades in prison. One California program recruits their formerly incarcerated peers to help them navigate.

From bicycle parking spaces to a citywide registry for stolen bikes, the Colombian capital is creating a full-fledged cycling ecosystem.

A Depression-era form of relief is helping residents of Tenino, Washington through the crisis.

The devices could help close the language gap between kids from wealthy and low-income families.

Sixteen congregations of Dominican nuns are collaborating with Morgan Stanley to invest in marginalized communities impacted by global warming.

The African nation’s Premier League football club will become the first in the world to fund its men’s and women’s teams equally.

New research shows that sprinkling rock dust on fields where crops are grown could have a huge effect.

“When folks say, ‘I cannot believe a trans person could win in a place like West Virginia,’ I think, ‘This is the very place I believe a trans person could win elected office.”

The remnants of a destructive form of mining have inadvertently helped the elk return to coal country for the first time since the Civil War.

At a police-free zone in Seattle, “sentinels” are keeping the peace in peaceful fashion.

Shelters and hotel rooms are expensive and temporary. Are tiny houses a homelessness solution that can outlast the crisis?

Minneapolis isn’t the only city starting to redirect the funding it spends on law enforcement.

Some advocates, seeing violence as an epidemic, are starting to treat it like one.

So that everyone can worship safely, the walls that separate churches and mosques are coming down.

How one country is using its economic rescue to clean up a polluting industry.

Masked chambermaids, sanitized keycards and nurses who pop in to see how you’re feeling.

In this week’s briefing: Reviving a woodland refuge for honeybees and partnering with poachers to bring back buffalo to a national park.

In this week’s briefing: building bridges to assist wildlife on their journeys, Italy gets homeschooled and a debate over the merits of poop-powered energy.

In this week’s news briefing: renewable energy has an undisputed leader, and anti-violence outreach workers help their at-risk clients shelter in place.

In this week’s briefing: Kiwis crush the curve, a Brazilian school exceeds all expectations and transit projects leverage car-free streets to hurry forward.

In this week’s briefing: Australian tour operators repair the Great Barrier Reef and a city keeps its restaurants afloat by hiring them to cook for the homeless.

In this week’s news briefing: Governments help companies pay their workers, France uses its bullet train for high-speed triage and Indigenous graduation rates soar.

In this week’s news briefing: social media data is tracking COVID-19 and schools begin to open with anti-viral measures in place.

American bartenders get a lifeline, French perfumers churn out hand sanitizer, Britain grows a volunteer army and locked-down Chinese students find classmates in Israel.

In this week’s news briefing: the strafed summits of Kentucky find a grizzled savior and an underground turbine keeps the lights on in Halifax.

In this week’s news briefing: a device that turns impassable into accessible, a preschool wrapped in a bus and free legal help for tenants facing eviction.

In this week’s news briefing: Brewery emissions find a higher purpose and transit-oriented soccer fields sprout in Atlanta.

In this week’s news briefing: a device to prevent rotting produce, gay rights advance in Virginia and Japan makes a science of lost-and-found.

In this week’s news briefing: empathy-based political canvassing, old seeds grown anew and pavement that lets the water in.

In this week’s news briefing: The triumphant return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, and a company dispatches teenagers to help seniors with their iPads.

In this week’s news briefing: a millennia-old approach to controlling Australia’s wildfires, and a city in Illinois gets to know its homeless.

In this week’s news briefing: simulating disability in a retail environment, turning down take-away plastics and tidying up the ocean floor.

In this week’s news briefing: Medicaid picks up the tab for ride-hailing to the doctor, and wind farms sprout from Fukushima’s abandoned farmland.