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The forests that fit in a schoolyard
Tiny, dense, wild: pocket forests are springing up in 62 cities, and the children are doing the planting.
Small changes
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Small changes that feel good and add up, at home, in the garden and on the way out the door.
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What have you changed for a healthier planet?
The swap you made that turned out better than what it replaced. We would love to print it, and the clever new ones you have found.
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Ten minutes, shoes off
The newest research on feeling better is also the oldest advice in the world: go outside, take your shoes off, and stand on the earth for a little while.
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The little docket that is leaving the till
The shiny paper receipt cannot be recycled and mostly is not read. An Australian inventor is retiring it, and you can help at any checkout.
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The basketball courts that drink the storm
In Queens, New York, the neighbourhood's brightest new courts have a secret: when the big rain comes, they swallow it.
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Type in your postcode, find out what belongs there
Two free Australian things: a tool that knows what will thrive in your patch, and volunteers who will come and look at your garden.
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The beauty counter learns to refill
The loveliest new habit in beauty is the one our grandmothers had all along, keep the container.
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Give the food that needs eating its own shelf
One roll of paper tape, one shelf, and the food you already own stops disappearing behind things.
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Fix it, find it, or borrow it
A new right to repair arrived across Europe this week, and a whole generation was already there waiting for it.
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The green bin that becomes a paddock
Food scraps across New South Wales are about to start a far better second life.
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The science that needs your backyard
A phone, a window and ten minutes are enough to make you part of the research.
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The library where you borrow a drill instead of buying one
Sewing machines, tool kits, fishing poles: libraries are lending the things we only need sometimes.