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Focus Group
Photojournalist Lynn Johnson teaches students from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to see their world through fresh eyes. With text by Michelle Nijhuis.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2009
Redrawing the American City
In their quest to rein in sprawl and create a more livable metropolis, Chicago’s city planners are working to solve a multitude of ills, from time and energy wasted in traffic and lost economic productivity to the biggest problem of all: climate change.
Comments (14) | December 1, 2009
Riddle of the Shells
How many individual animals do you need to keep a species alive? On California's Channel Islands, archaeologists are digging into the deep past to save an ancient mollusk.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2009
Stowaway Species
The blob that ate the Black Sea; the hairy crab that invaded San Francisco. Follow the journey of a single cargo ship to see how these and other ocean interlopers wreak havoc.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2009
A Dream of Bears
In the wild, rain-swept valleys of the Pyrenees, it takes a pure heart to find the last survivors of a race of giants.
Comments (2) | August 26, 2009
A Sunny Day in Rizhao
As China struggles to reduce its carbon footprint, the rooftops of an obscure port city may hold the key to a nation’s solar-powered ambitions.
Comments (1) | August 26, 2009
The (New) Web of Life
What happens when the dusty files of the nineteenth century meet the bots and algorithms of the twenty-first? Perhaps a revolution in our understanding of the natural world.
Comments (0) | August 26, 2009
The New Diseases on Our Doorstep
We're in the midst of a national debate about health-care reform. What better time to design a system strong enough to cope with the new wave of diseases that will accompany climate change and globalization? First up: dengue fever.
Comments (6) | August 26, 2009
Designing Woman
For the visionary landscape designer Diana Balmori, green roofs are just scratching the surface. The real challenge is to rethink how our cities relate to their natural surroundings.
Comments (0) | May 28, 2009
India, Enlightened
Thanks to Slumdog Millionaire, India is hot. Thanks to entrepreneurs, it's booming. Now a new government has to raise a billion people out of poverty without wrecking the environment. What's a poor country to do?
Comments (2) | May 28, 2009