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Marine Biology Is the Study of the Part of Earth We Barely Know
Learn · Marine Sciences The ocean is most of our planet and we have mapped less of it than the surface of…
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Aid Work Helps Most When It Plans to Leave
Learn · Social Sustainability & Aid The best aid is not the kind that keeps coming forever. It is the kind that…
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The Rest of the Community Models, Briefly
Learn · Sustainable Communities Eco villages are not the only way people organise to live better together. A handful of other models…
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Eco Villages Are Live Experiments in Living Lighter
Learn · Sustainable Communities An eco village is a small group of people trying to live lightly on purpose, in public. Their…
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Building a Sustainable Community Is Mostly About People
Learn · Sustainable Communities You can fit a community with solar panels and bike lanes and still watch it fail. What holds…
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Park and Trail Management Is Loving a Place to Death, Carefully
Learn · Sustainable Communities A wild place people love gets visited, and visiting wears it down. Good management is the art of…