Rain Garden in Detroit
In this video, Cody from the Michigan Environmental Council teams up with Cyndi Ross, a rain garden expert from Friends of the Rouge, to show you how to design and…
The world’s most annoying road
Map Men
ARK – Acts of Restorative Kindness
Amid collapsing biodiversity worldwide, Mary Reynolds of Ireland is building a movement to turn gardeners into guardians of the planet by returning our own patch of land to nature, and…
Why a decades-old forest planting practice from Japan is gaining traction in the U.S.
The late Japanese ecologist and botanist Akira Miyawaki developed this planting method in the 1970s. He wanted to re-create lush native forests preserved in sacred areas near temples and shrines…
Historic wild rice restoration underway in the Detroit River: ‘Living tribute to the First Nations’
The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi is working with conservation partners to restore wild rice in Detroit River wetlands, bringing back a sacred grain that disappeared over a century…
It all started with 28 homes. A walkable food-forest made it a village oasis
The design started not with the homes, but with the water. In a desert, that makes sense. Dozens of earthen basins and rain gardens are scattered across the site so…
THE MINI FOREST – Rewilding using the Miyawaki Method
Terrell Wong is about to plant 100 trees in her small Toronto backyard, a dense mini forest based on the Miyawaki Method. What at first seems like a simple act…
The Hive Architect | Saving Britain’s Wild Bees
There is a widely held theory that our British honey bee couldn’t exist without being domesticated by beekeepers. However, for bee conservationists like Matt Somerville, this theory is ludicrous. He…
How Singapore’s Urban Design Makes Way for Wildlife
Nature on PBS
The busy beavers bringing wetlands back to the UK | WILD HOPE
The surprise return of beavers to the British countryside brings benefits and controversy for humans and wildlife alike. The work of these famously busy rodents increases local biodiversity, reduces storm-induced…