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Everyone gets to the lookout
There are people whose whole volunteer job is making sure the track, the sand and the view are not just for those who can walk to them.
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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Chocolate with a postcode
New research with Far North Queensland's cocoa growers has found that half a chocolate bar's flavour comes from the place where the beans ferment, and Queensland's regions each taste different.
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Flip a paver, plant a garden
Right now, whole Dutch towns are competing to lift paving slabs out of their gardens and streets and plant something living in the gap. The prize is a golden shovel, and everybody wins.
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In Porto, the ride is now free
Since July, anyone who lives in Portugal's second city rides the metro, the trains, the buses and the old trams for nothing.
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On the first of September, the country turns gold
Wattle Day is a week away, and it is the rare national day built entirely on looking forward.
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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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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.
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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.