From vast, glistening lakes to the smallest of streams, the Boreal Forest in Canada is home to more surface freshwater than any other ecosystem on the planet. Together, these waters nourish plants, animals, & communities – making the boreal truly a forest of blue. #ForestFacts

Plaidoyer pour une éducation humaniste ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/…

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars…Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…

Working with local residents on their design and maintenance, Antwerp is piloting tuinstraten (“garden streets”) in five districts across the city. They improve resiliency (to flooding and heat), liveability and sociability—making these spaces calmer, greener and more beautiful.

The Cirkelbroen, a pedestrian and bike bridge in Copenhagen, is just stunning. A beautiful intersection of art, urbanism, and transportation.

The world is just a better place with less space for cars. 📍 Open Champs-Élysées, Paris 🇫🇷 🎥 Emmanuel

“If you picture the city of the future, think less of smart tech, flying cars and skyscrapers; more of cascading foliage, green roofs, rough meadows, and dense forest. The tendency in the 21st century will be for cities to go greener, as a form of self defense if nothing else.”

Invented by German physicist Heinrich Rubens in 1905, the Rubens tube graphically shows the relationship between sound waves and sound pressure, as a primitive oscilloscope This is a demonstration with a trumpet [read more: buff.ly/43wkxRX] x.com/moistonig/stat…

Rewilding is hope! Landscape scale habitat restoration in Scotland. AND Pine Marten have now returned!

'Why does challenging car dominance elicit such vitriol and outrage? Because when accustomed to privilege—as the automobile has been for decades—any shift towards equality feels like oppression.' —Melissa & Chris Bruntlett (📹by RÚV Sjónvarp, Iceland)

Listen up Florida kids, Ronny Chieng's got a big life hack for you

Bow-riding consists of dolphins positioning themselves in such a manner as to be lifted up and pushed forward by the circulating water generated to form a bow pressure wave of an advancing vessel. [read more: buff.ly/43CRko9] x.com/__Nature0/stat…

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Why a recession might be just what the doctor ordered for Canada's economy financialpost.com/news/economy/r…

It’s Earth Day—and the News Isn’t Good newyorker.com/news/daily-com… via The New Yorker

WATCH: The best public art is MORE than just art —it’s functional too. This smart, integrated art in a new project in central OSLO draws you in, supports place-making & way-finding, and reveals all the mid-block nooks & crannies that you might never find!

"#Riding #bicycles will not only #benefit the #individual doing it but the world at large." - Udo E Simonis 🚲 Good Monday morning dear #BikeFriends 🙌🏽 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴🏻 💚

How Eratosthenes measured the size of Earth: the Cosmos episode where Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks, using reason & math, figured out the Earth isn’t flat over 2,000 years ago [📹 buff.ly/3h8nmRo] [transcript: bit.ly/2C15z8A]

Mass timber bridge being built as part of an extension to the High Line in New York. Designed by SOM