Parks and green spaces in cities provide health and wellness benefits to human inhabitants, but they're not necessarily beneficial for other urban dwellers—like insects. Researchers are investigating urban biodiversity ...
Ecology
Mar 9, 2021
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With higher populations and limited space, urban areas are not often thought of as places for agriculture. A recent surge in community gardens, though, is bringing agriculture and gardens into the cities. And certain byproducts ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2013
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What if one of the things known for helping and reducing stress and anxiety, becomes such a commitment, it leads to burn-out?
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2024
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Food deserts are an increasingly recognized problem in the United States, but a new study from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior indicates urban and home gardens—combined with nutrition education—could be ...
Environment
Oct 8, 2019
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Today's cities don't have walls for protection like ancient ones, but they are separate from less urban and rural land. Most goods that city-dwellers purchase are brought in from rural farms and manufacturers. There is an ...
Ecology
Sep 14, 2021
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Berlin has enough space for urban gardening, and up to 82 percent of Berlin's vegetable consumption could be produced locally, a new study finds. "The amount of vegetables represents a significant share of the annual consumption," ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2023
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Iris, a high school student in New York City, took a course aimed at preparing public school students for college. As part of the course, she visited the Park Slope Food Coop, among the oldest member-owned businesses in the ...
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2019
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities provide the best long-term outcomes for conservation, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and partners in France.
Ecology
Sep 2, 2021
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In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa's apartheid government banished people of color to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2024
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Since 2013, UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professor Stacy Philpott has studied insect biodiversity in urban gardens to better understand the ecological role these green spaces provide. Her research has taken her to ...
Ecology
Oct 2, 2015
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