Good stories.
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"I didn’t realize until that point that the way that cities were designed and the spaces that they created could actually affect you on the inside, how you felt in your heart and what you suddenly realized was possible. It did that for me."
— Rosa Chang, courtesy of Reasons to be Cheerful
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“But it’s not just in Canada that these unique ecosystems are being protected and restored. In the northeastern corner of Montana, the 1,130-acre Comertown Prairie Pothole Reserve represents the largest unplowed stretch of pothole ecosystem in the state.”
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“Beavers are one of the few mammals on the planet that actively modifies their habitat and can therefore be employed to restore streams, wetlands, and floodplains and repair eroded ecosystems ”
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“Like many densely developed cities, Montreal needs more places to stash its rain, especially after three 100-year storms in the past two years stressed its sewer system’s five- to 10-year storm capacity. Inspired bythe Dutch city of Rotterdam, Montreal is adopting water squares: urban plazas, typically hardscaped, designed to double as heavy-duty stormwater retention infrastructure, or vice versa. The city currently has six water squares built, two under construction, and 20 more planned for 2024.”