Whenever Felix Koch heads to Berlin to see family and friends, or for work, there’s one place he’s sure to visit — Tempelhofer Feld, a 953-acre decommissioned airfield just 15 minutes from the city ...

In the December edition of our newsletter about creating positive change, we delve into how to make your holiday something ...

The public spaces in Nantes, a city along the Loire River in the west of France, might at first glance seem just like those in any other part of Europe. Across the city, there are numerous bike lanes, ...

Straddling the border between India and Bangladesh, where the rivers Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra converge and flow into the Bay of Bengal, an ancient forest of mangroves stretches over 3,860 square ...

Robert Lopez is a freelance writer based in North Carolina. He has worked in the journalism field for more than 20 years and has written for, among other publications, the Houston Chronicle, ...

From urban design to ‘gender-sensitive budgeting,’ Nantes is determined to create a safer, more equal place for women to call home.

Decommissioned airfields around the world are being converted into urban havens for citizens to enjoy.

Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...

Middle Fork Bottoms State Park demonstrates the benefits that flow when ecology is left to do what it does naturally.

Greater Besançon has cut organic waste by more than 40 percent thanks to diverse policies — and a good dash of persistence.

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. About a week before the ...

Kamloops, British Columbia, is a radiant place, receiving over 3,100 hours of sunshine a year. So it’s no wonder that in 2016, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) decided to harness all that luminescence ...